All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes: Summary

Angelou, like many African-Americans, had grown up a stranger of her own country, being cornered by America’s racism and discrimination. These societal norms throughout her whole life labeled her as an outsider. Yet in Stamps, Arkansas, her tight-knit community seldom strayed from their cultural customs, and focused on a sense of family within a group of minority. This tension is explored by her trip to Dunkwa, as the community she finds revolves around family and security; a sense of familiarity she was not able to freely express back at her ‘home’.
In All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, a main theme Angelou emphasizes on is the need for acceptance. This manifests from Angelou’s desire to be free from discrimination she had faced in