African American writers

versus East coast beef many people on both ends began to feel a personal connection to the issue and for Jenee Desmond-Harris that was exactly the case. The situation between both rappers, Tupac and Biggie, brought out the violence within the African American community to the forefront and the influence it had upon many on both ends. The essay I decided to evaluate was “Tupac and My Non-thug Life” by Jenee Desmond-Harris. The article entails Ms. Desmond-Harris’s experience of hearing the news of…

American playwright August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 in the poor neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was raised in a small apartment with his mother and five siblings. His mother was an African American cleaning woman, and his father was a German immigrant (“August Wilson Biography”) who became a baker. His father left shortly after Wilson’s birth. His mother remarried, and the family moved to the predominantly white Hazelwood area. At his new high school, Wilson faced bigotry…

anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Although, the white powers of Birmingham were not happy regarding the nonviolent demonstrations that were taking place. As white political leaders refused to engage in negotiations, the community of African Americans was left no other choice. Direct action is a form of negotiation, with a community that has refused to acknowledge the issues thus far. King states this as he reflects on his disappointment of a race which has segregated another race for…

contest for the loyalty of emerging nations of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, American racism and discrimination gave the Soviet Union a powerful Cold War propaganda tool. The Warren Court’s strongly worded unanimous opinion that the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place and that separate educational facilities are inherently equal, came at a moment of great concern regarding international attention to the American civil rights movement. By the early 1950s, the inability of U.S.…

The Color Purple is a controversial film from 1985, the film portrays the life of a young African–American girl, known as Celie. As a young girl, she went through the hardship of her mother passing away and her father becoming sexually and physically abusive. Celie was forced to have intercourse and bear her father’s children, helping to shape her into the person she was at the end of the film. As Nettie began to grow, Celie became over-protective of her against their father and other alike men.…

“I Have a Dream”, One of the most famous speeches, was wrote and delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King at 1963 during the period of African-American Civil Rights Movement. The main purpose of this article was questing to create an equal world by demonstrating the injustice and unequal treatment on black people. Initially, the article mentioned United State constitution and the Emancipation of Proclamation that the nation was designed for everyone on the land. The color of skin shouldn’t be the…

trial of an African American and that was the basic summary of it. After reading the book I found that the main part of the story was about the unfair trial because of a racist jury even though all evidence pointed to the white man who was actually responsible for the crime, the were other lessons that could be related to racism or any other type of discrimination. This book was a really good and easy read that had a deep meaning to it and a lesson. I cannot figure out though if the writer wrote…

the civil rights movement was a very difficult time to be an African American due to discrimination and segregation. The two short stories, “What’s in a Name?” and “Finishing School”, both focus on these things, however, the characters, themes and settings in which they take place are very different. Ironically, the paths these characters ultimately take in their adult lives end up very similar. Both short stories have African American people as the main characters. There is a little boy…

closed them. In a milli-second many things can occur, and in an entire second thousands of things can take place. This is what was occurring to many African Americans in the nine teen hundreds including poet Langston Hughes. From being captured/taken from their homeland, to harsh back breaking slavery, to freedom, and then civil rights. Focusing on American History, the United States has gone through numerous ups and downs since it was founded by the ‘fathers’. Now to this day and age the…

physical marker to segregate the dominant society from those they deem less superior to themselves. Historical and social discourses demonstrate the racial divide among Americans as members of the black community continually analyze their behavior, perception, and social standing in the presence of whites. Along with African Americans, women are another group that society has imposed upon this social consciousness through marginalization. Women struggle to be independent, as society forces them…