American essayists

During the American Revolution women’s equality was put into question when women were not offered the same rights as men. One of the early women to advocate this idea was Judith Sargent Murray. Judith Sargent Murray was an early American woman who proposed Women’s rights, an essayist, playwright, poet, and letter writer. Murray’s ideas about women’s rights were considered extreme in the 1700s. Murray asserted education should be equally offered to women as the same as men and argued for women to…

There are many black writers who have been interested in the cause of the cultural emancipation of the African Americans. They also had a stand against the slavery system and the unjust American society. Resultantly, that Harlem became the sacred place of the Negro and the center of the black community in America. The Harlem community becames the center and the Godfather for African American people. Many stories of protest and struggle were written by writers and black critics, some of them…

In every American household there is the ultimate goal to achieve the “American Dream”. And every household holds a different version of the “American Dream”. But what is the proper version of the “American Dream”? How can we achieve it? Who has access to it? For the majority of people, myself included, one would argue that the “American Dream” is to utilize the system of capitalism, to achieve financial success, materialistic belongings, have a family and to be healthy and stable when retired.…

In A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, As Mr Rowlandson's long journey of being prisoned by Native Americans, she was confused and surprised by the attitude changes from American aborigines. The reason is that sometimes she has been taken a good care by them, in other time she is deprived of food or subjected with certain violent treatment. She says "Sometimes I met with favor, and sometimes…

Essayist and author, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has written many works. They vary from essays to books and he uses his platform to discuss cultural, political, and social issues. Two of his major works are his essay, “The Case for Reparations”, and his memoir, “The Beautiful Struggle”. Although both literary works are different in genre, structure, topic, and additional aspects, they connect with one another in multiple ways. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines reparations as “the act of making…

It was a year ago that I was first hit with the utterly shocking realization that I was on the brink of adulthood, with no conceivable plan for the navigation of such. I was driving my car alarmingly fast down an empty country road when my back tires hit a remarkably slick patch of ice, and proceeded to spin quickly into a ditch. Sitting in the ditch gifted me a peaceful time of contemplation, allowing me to come to the realization that I had absolutely no clue how to get myself out of the…

Maulana Karenga An African-American teacher of Africana Studies, extremist and creator, best known as the container's maker African and African-American occasion of Kwanzaa is known as Maulana Karenga. Maulana Karenga was conceived on an occupant homestead in Parsonsburg, Maryland, in 1941. At age 18, he moved to Los Angeles and got to be included operating at a profit Power development. In the 1960s, he made the African-American occasion of Kwanzaa, regarding African legacy. In 1971, he was…

childhood home but rather a nonspecific Southern town. Lee loosely represents herself as a young, stubborn tomboy Scout, living in the Great depression with racism and prejudice taking place. Among Lee’s childhood friends was the future novelist and essayist Truman Capote, from whom she drew inspiration for the character Dill. Her own father was an attorney like Atticus ( Scout’s father ). The people in her life were a huge part of the inspiration for this amazing novel. By placing her novel…

In American history, there has been a plethora of individuals who have gone down in the books as the best of the best in their contribution to African American history, both the past and the present. African American history has dated as early as 1903 with W.E.B Dubois to Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def in 1984. These two phenomenal activists all paved the way for a long legacy of Black culture, music, education, and social justice.Today, the two of these activists lie in many social movements, including…

Procrastinator. He’s jogging. Running. Sprinting. His feet hit the pavement hard. He must reach the end, feel the satisfaction of his sneakers crossing the final yellow line, to catch his breath. The deadline dragon breathes down his neck, races closer as he begins to stumble. He falls, knees and elbows scrape along the rough road, leaving traces of blood on the rocks. He regrets not training for this, not bolting at the first sign of danger - he should have began two weeks ago, even two days…