Native Son is not the first work I have read by Richard Wright. I read Black Boy in high school and was fascinated at how new and alien the books perspective was, and wished that I could get a deeper understanding of the theme. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. 1 (1973): 377-378. ... "Conflict of Values: Richard Wright's Native Son." ... Bigger sees his existence as having no meaning, except to do what he is told and play the part of the stereotypical "stupid Negro." ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The Baldwin's lacked many of the comforts of life (Parni 1). ... This was why many of them had migrated to the North from the South (Brach 1-2). ... In 1944, Baldwin met Richard Wright, who championed his early efforts at fictional writing, Wright recommended Baldwin to an editor at Harper & Brothers. It was Wright who first gave voice to Baldwin's experience of racism. ... His most famous novel, Got Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, is an unusual depiction of a coming-of-age story of a fourteen year old boy, John Grimes. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In August of1955, a fourteen year old, African American boy went to visit his relatives in the town of Money, Mississippi. ... A few days later, two men came to the cabin of Mose Wright, Emmett's uncle whom he had been staying with, in the middle of the night. ... Mose Wright could only positively identify the body was Emmett's because it had been wearing an initialed ring. ... While part of the SCLC, King encouraged nothing but peace and tranquility for white men and women. ... In another march on February 1, King and 250 marchers were arrested for charges on d...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The four elements of Hip-Hop are b-boying, graffiti, dj-ing, and lastly emceeing or commonly known as rapping. ... Hamelock Nelson states that, "The quality of rap music has suffered a serious condition of commercialism" (1). ... Another stereotype of hip-hop lyricists is that rappers are black and could only be black, and if they"re not black, they"re "whack". ... Hip-Hop is not rap; rap is a part of hip-hop. ... Professor Wright of the University of California states, "I applaud Nas for his courage to speak truth to power and highlight the corruption inherent in radio and corporate co-op...

• Word Count: 1796
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He grew up under harsh and struggling conditions in a very poor part of town. ... He supported himself by performing a variety of odd jobs: handyman, porter, elevator operator, office boy, factory, worker, dishwasher, and a file clerk. ... With the help of Richard Wright, Baldwin began his first novel, In My Father's House. ... Although he wrote in favor of blacks, he was often put down by black critics for being biased and one-sided. ... Baldwin soon passed away, with stomach cancer, on December 1, 1987. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Garret Lybert, a student who witnessed the shooting said that a lot of attention was paid to students and prevention directly after the shooting but now the attention is almost diminished completely (Grapes 1). ... "If you talk to town officials, they'll tell you it might be a little Satanism, a little bit of reading into Hitler, a little bit of boy-girl romance problems, of anger at parents and at classmates," said police chief William Slade (Morgan 2). ... With a tie to Satanism any sort of trench coat wearing, dressed in black student, listening to Marilyn Manson became the target of s...

• Word Count: 3448
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School