The primary source of language for this literature is European not Africa, which is also known as radical anomaly. African participants in colonial administrations in Africa began producing written works of literature in European languages. ... Most of their plays address issues of race, sex, politics, and gender, using music, humor and adult language. ... Since then, Freedom has grown from a small community theatre to an award winning, nationally recognized regional theater. ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Europeans or (whites) who controlled the slave trade realized that he had to strip the Africans or (black people) of all culture such as original names, languages, and religion. ... In order to accomplish that, they outlawed anything and everything belonging to or identified with African culture and forced them to accept their names, languages, religions, and along with that, the terms "nergo," "nigger," and "nigga." ... Individuals, mainly African-Americans must consciously stop using the word "nigga" and eliminate it from their everyday language. No matter how you think of yourself, whe...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was the publishing of "Lyrics of Lowly Life" that had made Dunbar a national literary figure. ... America and Dunbar gained national praise for his dialect verses in some of his poetry. He was the first black American poet to gain this national praise, although white and black writers before him have used it also (Laryea 108). ... Just as was stated above he tries to recreate the Negro by words and language in his poem "Sympathy" such as the "caged bird". ...

• Word Count: 1623
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

African American men and women, along with whites, organized and led the movement at national and local levels. ... In Atlanta, Ga., as a national organization presided over by a local black minister, Martin Luther King, Jr. ... • Evaluation Throughout the letter, King uses peaceful language and religious imagery to argue his points. ...

• Word Count: 1513
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Hip-Hop has long been demonized for its militant language and outlawed narrative as a part of American society. ... Its primary language is African American Vernacular English 2. ... (National Center for Education Statistics, 1998). ...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

First, in 1922 Claude McKay was the first black writer that published a volume of poetry "Harlem Shadows" by a mainstream national publisher. ... Johnson of the national Urban League made a dinner to get to know the new literary talent in the black community and to bring together the black writers with New York's white literary organizations. ... Morison explains that the main viewpoint is "cultural distinction" and the difference in language and the way it is portrayed. ...

• Word Count: 2368
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of the biggest goals was to insure national security, but with this goal came disputes with European colonial powers. ... The government's role expanded for example the 16th Amendment (income tax), the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and The Federal Reserve Act (to supervise banking and provide national currency) was established. ...

• Word Count: 2136
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In both riots, gender and intersectional politics were both evident in the nature of the riots and in the discourse and language employed by rioters and the media. ... Birbalsingh in the national press took to task those who had sought to avoid such political discourse in the context of the London riots, arguing that they were indeed 'about race' and contending that it was strange that 'no one would say what colour Mark Duggan was. ...

• Word Count: 1528
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

State troopers attacked a peaceful march of black protesters, causing not only unjust bloodshed, but also enabled national exposure to the plight of black Americans everywhere. ... Blacks in the military were subject to "unequal punishment, offensive and inflammatory language, prejudice in assignment of details, [ ] harassment by security police under orders to break up five or more blacks in a group and double standards in enforcement of regulation" (Jackson). ...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Each group has had their own unique languages, familial relationships, social relations, music and dance traditions, they have shared many common experiences over the past 400 years (Grim, 1995).This paper will compare the cultures and histories of African American and Native American people and their long and often bloody interactions with the white majority in America. ... For blacks it was 3/5 of that amount, or $38,409 (DeNavas-Walt, Proctor, & Smith, 2012).Information for the National income rate for Native Americans is not directly given by the US Census Bureau, but according to one sour...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(www.nytimes.com) Hughes's two volumes of autobiography together with his essay about his involvement with the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) and the Civil Rights Movement, Fight For Freedom, chart Hughes's long commitment to comradeship and equality. ... Critics have mistaken the simple form of language of Hughes's poetry for shortage of meaning. ...

• Word Count: 2112
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School