In the beginning of his playwright career Hughes wrote Mulatto, an amazing poem about a son and a father. ... Hughes talks about in the play the fathers abandonment of the son because he is a mulatto. The play became very successful and even appeared on Broadway, which was important because the play could influence more people there. ... Langston Hughes continued writing using a new form also wrote an amazing weekly column in the Chicago Defender, which was considered his finest literary achievement during World War II. ... He led the Harlem Renaissance with his poems, essays, plays, and co...

• Word Count: 664
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• Has Bibliography

The idea of whites being intellectually superior to blacks is a theme that can be seen throughout the play. ... Sam had been training Willie to be a dancer at the start of the play. ... This play has brought up politics, race, and religion. ... Fugard was hopeful of the future when he wrote this. ...

• Word Count: 428
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• Grade Level: High School

The Nunga people generally stayed out at the Point unless they had to come to the Port to play football or buy groceries " the two towns didn't have much to do with one another. ... Blacky wrote. ... Blacky writes "If you wrote something like "MONICA IS A SLUT" then it wouldn't last very long ..but "BOONGS PISS OFF" had been there for ages." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Later on, his poems, short plays, essays, and short stories appeared in publications such as Crisis Magazine and Opportunity Magazine and other publications. ... Hughes wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen of television and radio scripts, and magazine articles. ... Since the time when he wrote the poem blacks were still segregated, it is about segregation. ...

• Word Count: 841
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Othello~Is Racism The Predominant Factor Throughout The Play? Many people consider Shakespeare's Othello to be a racist play. ... Although there are many instance in this play that suggest that this is a racial play, racism does not actually control the play, even though it has a racist theme that is the romantic union of a black man and a white woman. ... Roderigo is another one of the racist characters in the play right from the start of it. ... Because Shakespeare wrote a play about a black and white union, in an era, which was unheard of, it shows that Shakespeare did not believe in ...

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Early in his career, Jones wrote another heart breaking Dutchman Play, an allegory of mid-1960s race relations. Shocking and controversial, the play depicts a tragic encounter between a white woman and a black man on a New York City subway train. ... In this play we are given some insight to what it likes to be caught up in racist battles over stereotypes, and accusations. ... The play primarily pointed out several fault of people and of the society as a whole. ... The play also very quickly became controversial. ...

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They liked the dolls that they played with and the food that they ate. ... As Bell goes through her young life she learns to play the piano, that death was not something to be afraid of, and she eventually learned how to use a camera. ... She began to find herself wanting to stay in the house to read instead of going out to play. ... It's not interesting because of the way that she wrote it or the words that she used. ...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

Although racism and white standards played a large role in the novel, that was not the main theme. ... Toni Morrison wrote this novel using recurring structures that really enhanced and improved the way the reader approached the information. ...

• Word Count: 759
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• Grade Level: High School

He is not the only person who played a role in changing the world but he definitely stands out as one of the most influencing. ... This time he was in solitary confinement and there he wrote the famous letter "Letter from Birmingham Jail." ...

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Huck knew this and decided to play another trick on Jim, and this was to pretend that nothing had happened and that he was just asleep the whole time. When Jim figured out that Huck was playing a trick he was deeply cut, really hurt and felt a bit betrayed. ... He is telling himself to do this because mainly society is telling him to and this would appease his conscience, also after he wrote the letter he felt good and washed clean of a huge burden and this was just writing the letter, not sent yet. ...

• Word Count: 1013
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• Grade Level: High School

The story takes place in November 1952/53; we can say that because that is when Richard Rive wrote the story. ... The antagonists are the crowd at the railway station and the policeman and all the racism, which plays a large role in the story. ...

• Word Count: 1223
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• Grade Level: High School

" For instance, in the mid-seventeenth century Englishman Richard Ligon wrote of the black women he encountered on his travels as having monstrous bodies, with breasts that "[hung] down below their navels, so that when they [stooped] at their common work or weeding, they [hung] almost to the ground, that at a distance you would think they had six legs.... "In an age when women's diseases were still shrouded in mystery, getting the maximum amount of work from [slave] women of childbearing age while remaining confident that no damage was done to her reproductive organs was a ...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate