In literature, African American writers have been telling the story of their multifaceted experience and history. ... Within the novels, Toni Morrison presents the complex stories of African American experience, and especially African American women's experience and their search for identity in the American mainstream society. ... Helene fails to provide Nel with the sense of the unique self-worth when she makes her daughter pull her "broad flat nose" which Nel inherited from her father (Morrison 18). ... Instead of Helene helping Nel to increase her daughter self-worth instead ...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Macon Dead - Milkman's father. ... A pregnant woman was there in the crowd that morning along with her two half-grown daughters who were carrying baskets of velvet red roses which they made for a department store. ... Milkman is happy working for his father. ... He realized she was going to visit her father's grave. ... They got on the train in silence and she began to tell him her story. ...

• Word Count: 2974
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The movie "42" that told the story of Jackie Robinson and his journey, "painted [him] as a real-life superhero while avoiding melodrama." This movie let the audience know that in this story, baseball speaks much louder than words. ... Jackie Robinson was able to endure this harassment because of his values, which his daughter, Sharon writes about in her book, Jackie's Nine. She talks about her father's courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, and excellence. ... His daughter said that when he had a goal, he fough...

• Word Count: 2830
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Washington High School His mother and father were very important figures in his life. ... She was the daughter of a minister, so was also highly religious. ... Martin Luther King's father was inversely to his mother, a very self-confident man. ... Another early experience of discrimination would come about with his father. ... The story behind the boycott features one Rosa Parks, who on December 1, 1955 refused to give up her seat for a white male passenger. ...

• Word Count: 3793
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School