Literature Final

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Thomas Jefferson-“Notes on the State of Virginia”

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expressed his beliefs in the separation of church and state, constitutional government, checks and balances, and individual liberty. He wrote extensively about slavery, the problems of miscegenation, and his belief that whites and blacks could not live together in a free society.

-Explains American democracy.
-Slaves are distributable among next of kin

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Hector St. John-“What is an American?”

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told from the viewpoint of a fictional narrator in correspondence with an English gentleman, and each letter concerns a different aspect of life or location in the British colonies of America.

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Frederick Douglass:

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-believer in the equality of all people and armed resistance

-wrote about life as a slave in several autobiographies

-He believed education was key to desegregation and improving lives. Supported John C. Freemont, learned to read and write by Sophia slave owners wife and self taught.

-Makes speeches as abolitionist

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Gertrude Bonin-“The School Days of an Indian Girl”:

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Carlisle School of Indians: loss of freedom, in order to be integrated she talks about how school children were required to have short hair. She is unable to be comforted by her mother who cannot read or write when she returns

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“In the Land of the Free”

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The Mothers son cant come to America because they filed their immigration papers before the birth of their child, so their baby does not have proper certification.

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Negro Convention Movement:

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-African American leaders began to believe the United States would never act justly toward black people.

-The Negro conventions at mid-century debated the merits of voluntary African American emigration to places like Canada, Liberia, and the Caribbean versus the solidification of a black nationalist movement in the United States.

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“The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo”

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Ended Mexican war, forced Mexico to cede almost half its territory to the Americans.

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Lorraine Hansberry-“The Drinking Gourd”

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-Play involving slave characters, about the “drinking gourd”(Big Dipper) and how slaves should follow it to freedom

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W.E.B DuBois & B.T Washington:

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-Du Bois used the term "the talented tenth" to describe the likelihood of one in ten black men becoming leaders of their race in the world through methods such as: continuing their education, writing books, or becoming directly involved in social change.

-DuBois strongly believed that blacks needed a classical education to be able to reach their full potential

-Booker T. Washington promoted the industrial education promoted by the Atlanta compromise which was endorsed by some white philanthropists.

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Niagara Movement:

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black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W.E.B.DuBois and William Monroe Trotter.

-Was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, the Canadian side which was where the first meeting took place in July 1905.

-A call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement

-Was opposed to policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington.

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SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)

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Mid 1960's

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“The Legend of Miss Sakagawara”

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-Japanese relocation camp, Narrated by a young Japanese- American girl

-broad portrait of one of the inmates at the camp the daughter of a Buddhist priest, a woman named Miss Sasagawara who develops a reputation for acting insane and mentally ill

-At the end of the story, a poem written by Miss Sasagawara reveals her lucidity and her sense of being repressed by her Buddhist father. In this way, the story confronts the intersection of ethnic and patriarchal oppression.

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Hanay Geiogamah-“Foghorn”

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struggle between American Indians and the United States government, beginning with Columbus, moving to Pocahontas, and continuing with the protests at Wounded Knee.

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“Imagine the Angels of Bread”

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a worldwide release from oppression, depicting an escape, among other injustices, from inhumane work conditions, tenant evictions, and politically motivated murders.

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“A Father”

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-The Father is upset because he thinks it is his wife's fault for bringing the family to America that his daughter is pregnant and wants her to abort the child

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“Dry September”

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Will Mayes killed because of a rumor that he was harassing a white woman