American architects

African Americans this is a walk down memory lane. The use of switches, hands, belts, and many other objects are utilized to physically discipline children, in the African American community, it is often referred to as receiving a whooping/whipping. The difference between African Americans and White Americans on how children are disciplined is very drastic. While the majority of the African American community feels children should be raised under strict disciplinary rules; the White American…

In his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain communicated a strong message about the grim reality of Nineteenth century American life style. The author of the book is Mark Twain, originally known as Samuel Clemens, he was a mean old man. Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30th, 1835. He was the son of Jane Lampton, who was a native of Kentucky and John Clemens, who was a Virginian. His parents met when his father moved to Missouri. In 1847, John died unexpectedly…

work for less money at a farm than to work at an office, but Willy continually pushes him into a character of his fantasy, thinking that success makes everybody happy. Under his belief, he works himself until insanity, basing his happiness on the American Dream, which proves to be a lie. This marks his…

Different from many other writings of American literature that discuss the periods of deep racism that took place, The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison, does not become involved directly with those events, instead, it focuses on exploring the remaining effects of race through self-hatred. Many characters from the novel who are African American are devastated with the cultural and already imposed notions of white perfection to the limit that they hate themselves for not being up to society`s…

Historical Perspective 1914-1929 The idea that people of different walks of life all have different perspectives on decisions based on life experiences speaks true to the period of 1914-1929 as the ways that British males attempted to include other members of society doesn’t seem to include everyone else. In the period between the beginning of the First World War and the beginning of the Great Depression, only white males of British descent enjoyed all the rights and privileges of being a member…

Lorraine Hansberry, African American playwright and writer, was the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry completed her first play in 1957, which opened in March of 1959, taking her title from Langston Hughes ' poem, "Harlem” and that play was A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry was a great playwright that lived a short life. Hansberry died at the age of 34 but her work lived on. A Raisin in the Sun put Hansberry in the ranks of being a great…

not monetarily, life. Born in Alabama, to a couple of former slaves, she, however, always considered Eatonville, Florida, where she moved as a young child, as her hometown. Her idyllic and happy childhood found her surrounded by examples of African American successfulness, herself living in a good sized home with eight rooms placed on a large plot of land. Unfortunately, with the death of her mother in 1904 and father’s subsequent remarriage, Hurston’s blissful existence was shattered, as she…

no longer have a strong sense of control. Another thing that brings up from “The Great Gatsby” is that a group of wealthy African Americans were driving along in the highway with a white driver. He pointing out the difference that Buchanan has spoken on with the culture changing, that African American are showing of their wealth and by including that African American are having white’s as their…

African Americans in New York, the struggle for blacks in Harlem, and the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout the 1880’s and the 1890’s, Harlem went through an extravagant transformation. Harlem went through a chain of cultures. Finally, in the span of ten years, the chain ended with African Americans. Whenever the people of Harlem transformed,…

The roles of African American actors and actresses in popular Hollywood films can be grouped into three categories: rags to riches, gangsta and hood life, and segregation. When African American actors are portrayed in different roles, they seem to receive many negative reviews. In recent years, actor Kenneth Branagh was cast as a Idris Elba, a Nordic god, in Thor. There was debate about whether or not a man of color should play the character, but Branagh defends himself by saying that Elizabeth…