" The really great ones like Hughes confront their bleak realities without letting those realities dictate their lives with regards to things that they can control. Very often there is a lack of curiosity about the lives and feelings of the African Americans and their past. It usually has to take something really great for the Anglo-Saxons to show any form of interest in the lives of these people who share the same land. ... Two of the most popular narratives of that era were Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave" and Harriet Jacob's "Incide...

• Word Count: 1560
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Angelou's style of writing shows her honesty, feelings, and emotions about most of the experiences that she went through in her life, as well as the life of the people around her (Richard 84). ... During the years when she went mute, Angelou would memorize his poems while imagining how they would recited in real life. ... Angelou's writing theory is based on her life experiences, as well as that of other black Americans. ... With her work of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou was able to practice and express her literature and writing styles or theories, which involved discussi...

• Word Count: 1524
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Reading African American literature ranging from spirituals and slave narratives, to works written during and after the Civil Rights Movement provides readers and scholars with a rare insight into the minds and lives of African Americans at that time. ... This not only is true to African Americans but is true to all post-colonial indigenous people whose lives were negatively impacted by contact with Europeans. Like African Americans, these natives search for identity and live with double-consciousness throughout their lives. ... African Americans continued losing their ways of life as soon as...

• Word Count: 3543
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the book Black Elk Speaks, being the life story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux as told through John G. ... Indians believed that there would be a better life for them after they die, because many of them did not see a way out, but people were still fighting for their lives. ... The most important aspect of the book shows how young Indians aggressively try to overcome all of the harsh reality and attain the one point that would substantially change their lives. The book shows how spirituality and unity among the people of the specific Indian tribe, Oglala, gave them strength for trying to...

• Word Count: 1273
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the book Black Elk Speaks, being the life story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux as told through John G. ... Indians believed that there would be a better life for them after they die, because many of them did not see a way out, but people were still fighting for their lives. ... The most important aspect of the book shows how young Indians aggressively try to overcome all of the harsh reality and attain the one point that would substantially change their lives. The book shows how spirituality and unity among the people of the specific Indian tribe, Oglala, gave them strength for trying to...

• Word Count: 1265
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As one of the most representative social animals, human beings keep seeking for their identity and belonging throughout their lives. ... Yet there also exist people like Nelson Mandela, who lives in both the same country and the same era, who are disrupted by such barriers but still find their belonging through hard effort. ... Sandra Laing is obviously the character who suffers most from barriers in life in the film Skin. ... However, such 'stable' life doesn't seem to last long as racial barriers again disrupts her. ... However as a well evolved animal human beings always hav...

• Word Count: 903
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These troops were one of the first black soldiers to become great defenders of the United States military, they determined themselves and risked their lives, learning all of the proper techniques and tactics to defeat the enemy. ... Although these men had a hard time trying to live a proper life in which there wasn't any higher or lesser individual, as time progressed, these soldiers began to inhabit their differences and judge themselves equals. ... "They have risked their lives to save their life, my life, they have given their freedom." These words demonstrate the acknowledgement on...

• Word Count: 1546
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Authors wrote to escape the trials and tribulations of life, such as poverty and discrimination. ... Their writings dealt with black life from a black perspective, and it celebrated the characteristics of African American life and the enjoyment of life without fear. ... Mckay also presented glimpses of the glamour and the grit of Harlem life in Harlem Shadows. ... Writers were able to deliver a more subtle, and more effective, message by portraying the lives of characters and by composing verses in their poems. ... The Great Depresion increased the economic pressure on all sections of life. ...

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They endured horrific acts of abuse; racism against African-Americans was a justified way of life during the slave era. ... For blacks in the United States, health care disparities can cause premature deaths, deteriorated quality of life, loss or elimination of economic opportunities, giving the notions of oppression and injustice. ... Since the early 17th century, discrimination of African Americans has been an immanent part of daily life. ... This will allow the lives of African Americans to be psychologically healthy....

• Word Count: 533
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Religion and churches coincide with each other ever since the teaching of religion was brought to life. ... After looking at the Pew Survey one of the most interesting religious trends that I came to really think about is the trend of people incorporating bible study into their lives. ... The issue with this is, religious is a strong component of most people lives and for it to be tempered with is pure evil. ...

• Word Count: 827
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In her novel Sula, Toni Morrison immerses the reader in the rich and diverse lives to be found in the black community of Medallion. ... Morrison portrays their everyday struggles and in doing so exposes white ignorance of black culture and ways of life. ... From the start of the novel's very first chapter, Morrison aims to show the destructive effect of white male-dominated society in the lives of her characters. ... As the novel progresses, the line between life and death slowly blurs. ... Life and death are intertwined, one inextricably linked to the other, as can be seen when Sula pass...

• Word Count: 1501
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One of these is Gary beginning to develop a tolerance of the Aboriginal people and their culture, and then further attempting to apply it to the intolerant town in which he lives. ... By the end of the book, Gary is aware that the Port is not the place where he wants to spend the rest of his life, as he realises that he doesn't have the power to erase the racism that is well and truly alive in the Port. ... Courage isn't a value which Gary began his life with, and in fact, Gary had to work extremely hard to build up the courage and maturity to do things like making conversation wi...

• Word Count: 1283
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through his poems and short story composing, Langston Hughes had the capacity to fuse interesting thoughts, as well as social issues essential to him, individual family matters, African American way of life, and even types of music. ... " During this period in his life Langston Hughes was a man who transcended what it was to be African American into what he thought that it should be through his writings according to Smethurst, "An African American narrator frequently searches for an organic connection to an African heritage but finds himself strangely rejected and assigned to anothe...

• Word Count: 1762
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She is motivated both by her guilt for failing to prevent Pieter's tragedy and by the wish to show mercy, in contrast to the racially divisive laws that separate Pieter and the country The novel is set in the time following World War II, and Pieter and the other South African soldiers who volunteered to go abroad and fight with the British have returned home and resumed their lives. ... Sophie does not attempt to hide his responsibility in committing adultery and violating the Immorality act, she justifies these actions as the result of female influences on his life. ... She also refers ...

• Word Count: 1438
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Similar to other chronicles in history, great acts of atrocity occurred because a single ruler was consumed by greed; eventually costing millions of lives. ... George Washington Williams led a profound and interesting life, which broke many boundaries at the time regarding African Americans. ... This transformation occurred specifically after he spent the six months there, where he could see firsthand the extent of disregard for human life. ... Ultimately through their separate experiences, they became appalled at what they found and spent much of their lives refuting the Leopoldian system...

• Word Count: 1129
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harriet Jacobs story "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a true story about her life and her struggles growing up and being a female slave, Jacobs wrote her story during the 1850's and published it in 1861, the same year the civil war began. ... Slave owners even affected the slave's sexual lives from continuous sexual abuse. ... I think Jacobs is a true hero for what she did in her life and also for sharing her story with the world which was very special....

• Word Count: 734
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maya Angelou writes on her experience living in Southern rural then in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the book is a heartwarming yet tragic story of her life from birth to young adulthood. ... Angelou did not change facts about her life, but fictionalized them in order to increase the impact of her massage. ... Angelou went from being a victim of racism and inferiority complex into self-awareness, develops a sense of self-identity, responds to racism with dignity, and shows the lives and identities of women in male dominated society. ...

• Word Count: 649
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All of these women had many positive impacts on the lives of African American men and women. They reshaped the black lives and race relations. ... Gilmore is the most persuasive of the three historians by far, with her many excellent accomplishments that the African American women did for their society for them to be able to live a better life in many years to come. ...

• Word Count: 1026
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Equality can be defined as when a specific society or isolated group has identical status in political and social respects; these three factors are most important when judging equality as they have the most impact upon people's lives. Langston Hughes boldly states that "African Americans' lives became significantly better because their lives were changed socially and politically, giving them more opportunities.... Fiehn, on the other hand, correctly states that "the principle of black protest had been established, although it took many years for laws to be changed;" he...

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They were designed to govern movement, marriage, work relations, and most major aspects of freed person's life. ... All the lives lost, people sacrificed, cases won, families broken, and many more ordeals like this, is now simply known to us as question in a Sociology of Law class as "what factors influenced the civil rights movement, and what roles did the public/private divide play in this?" ...

• Word Count: 793
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The works of these men have been considered to be the first of their kinds to depict the life and lifestyles of ones who dwelled in South Africa . ... Further on, during the 1930s, Sekoto gave the urban African existence – Sophistown, District Six – interest as he portrayed this life with intensity and much sensation; as if these were the places to be. ... Looking back at the people before him and about him, whose lives were still deprived of the necessities of a joyous life, gave him much more pained emotions to paint about. ...

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Nadine Gordimer, born November 20th, 1923, lived a long, influential life as a citizen of Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally born just outside of Johannesburg, Nadine began to gain a political identity at a young age as the daughter of two Jewish immigrant parents, who spent much of their own young adult lives under repression in Russia. ... Life was done very matter of fact, with different places for whites and blacks to eat, use the restroom or even shop. ...

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Many feel the system is administered almost exclusively by whites and designed to protect the white lives and property but provide minimal protection to the life and safety of minorities like Rodney King. ... The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ...

• Word Count: 3114
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She lives modestly and looks back longingly on their family history, reminiscing about the family plantation as well as the political and social influence held by previous generations of the family. ... This story creates a great impact in my life by making me strong enough so that I can stand beside what's right and wrong despite being partial to anyone; let it be my parents, friends, or family members. ...

• Word Count: 1330
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The cultural group concerning the race of an individual in American society has a great affect on all aspects of our lives. ... Another disturbing example is if I had been born into a family of African descent, in which my life would have definitely turned out completely different. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate