... ). Williams created the word from "ebony" and "phonics," which means black sounds. Williams and his colleagues are consultants to the Oakland School Board and trace the origins of Ebonics to African languages such as Yoburo, Ewe, Mandingo, and Fula (Fillmore npg). No matter the name, it is not new. Ebonics has a cultural and historical base that goes back to slavery. Historical ... Currie Ballard, a historian at Langston University, the dialect has historically been known as Gullah and is a mixture of several African languages and English. Gullah developed during slave times when African...

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... depiction of her own life experiences sends out a universal message that reaches all who are destined to travel a difficult road"(King 25). She has helped African-Americans accept themselves for whom they are and not for what everyone else thinks about them. In much of Maya Angelou's writing she emphasizes themes of ... 27) . Angelou plans to continue to have an impact on people's lives in the future. She has traveled around the world, and can speak several languages. She was the first black woman to write the screen play for a motion picture, and the first to direct one. After I Know W...

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