African-American Civil Rights Movement

How powerful can religion be? Does it have the potential to change someone from drug addiction to a moral, respected, powerful man. Malcolm X is a film that depicts the life of Malcolm X, an African-American Muslim minister, and human rights activist. We will be analyzing the historical drama Malcolm X. We will be evaluating by four criterion, historical accuracy, drama, acting, and setting. (Address 8 things about the movie criticizing and complementing 2 per each subject.) Malcolm X begins…

Marguerite Annie Johnson, Angelou had a very tough childhood. Her parents parted ways while she was still undeveloped, she and her elder brother, Bailey, were both sent to live with their fathers, mother, Anne Henderson, In Stamps, Arkansas. As a Black American, Angelou endured racial discrimination and prejudices and discrimination in Arkansas. During a visit with her mother, Maya Angelou was raped by her mother's boyfriend at the fresh age of seven. Her uncles avenged the action of her…

Sincere Selfhood It is fair to say that in today’s day and age our identity is often defined by rather shallow attributes such as name, age, or appearance. A common example would be the basic information, like height, weight, and home address that is required on a driver’s license. With that said, one could make the argument that these everyday societal formalities and public perceptions, which are mostly out of our control, do make up our full identity. However, identity is not something given…

Maya Angelou was an inspiring person to many people. Maya was a poet, a writer, and many other things. Maya is known for her poems, books and life. Maya Angelou, birth name, Marguerite Annie Johnson was born on the 4th of April in 1928. Maya was her childhood name. Maya was born in St Louis, Missouri and her parents were Vivian Johnson and Bailey Johnson. Maya’s parents were divorced when Maya was three. Maya’s brother is Bailey Johnson Jr. and he gave Maya her nickname. Maya lived with her…

Maya Angelou demonstrates that the human spirit is powerful. One in her famous collection of poems, “Still I rise” is a great example. It conveys the idea that no matter the situation, from oppression of race and sex to the chained up history of her past, her spirits continues to stay strong. Using her experience and simple but powerful words, she expresses the power of the human spirit to all audiences. At the start of the poem, Angelou creates an atmosphere of gloom and sadness with sinister…

Why 15-16). Maya Angelou was a teacher, as stated by Oprah Winfrey, “The world knows her as a poet, but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. ‘When you learn, teach. When you get, give’ is one of my best lessons from her” (Duke). She was a civil rights activist, working with individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm…

advocate of civil rights. She was known for her outspokenness and her ability to make the whole room quiet. Angelou grew up to become a multitalented person. She wrote poetry and books, had parts in movies, plays, and television shows, and even had a weekly radio show. After living abroad in the 1960’s, Angelou returned to the United States to write her first memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird…

A renowned writer, poet, dancer, singer, actor, friend, and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou was a prominent and undoubtedly successful figure throughout the second half of the twentieth century. With many successes throughout her lifetime, Angelou is known for her poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. However, many events and people contributed to Angelou’s works and art style. Commonly labeled as a “Renaissance Woman,” Maya Angelou…

At the time when British invasion was all the rage, one relatively unknown big-haired, beautiful girl made a name for herself. During the late 1960s, Bobbie Gentry became the girl who was known as the one that knocked The Beatles off the top charts with her “Ode to Billie Joe.” But who exactly is Bobbie Gentry? Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter, came to the world on July 27, 1944, in Mississippi. She grew up on her grandparent’s farm in Chickasaw County after her parents divorced and her…

Aja Monet is a writer and performance poet. Monet is of Cuban American descent and focuses on activism through her poetry. Monet is an advocate of the Say Her Name Campaign, a project devoted to eliminating police brutality, and she also works on community organizing with The Community Justice Project and The Dream Defenders. Monet's VICE interview titled Aja Monet is not OK with your Apathy is revealing and compelling. In it she shares her early love of writing and poetry. She says “I started…