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Ntozake Shange’s play known as For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. It was performed in 1975. Then it is written for the screen , produced and directed by Tyler Perry. This movie is an American drama. It represents the lives of nine African – American women, unlike the play that dealt only with seven women. The movie sheds light on a feminist era. Each character deals with a different personal struggle. For instance, love, abandonment, rape, suicide, death and…

the public that would reveal something unknown about that person. Think about it. When discussing dark colors in America or in almost any culture it is usually frightening or could be considered a form of some type of malicious act. In the eyes of American society the bigger and darker a black male is the more substandard he is and if that male has been to jail or is in jail he seemingly becomes a threat to the general society. This negative association in this community is connected to all of…

attended Columbia University and joined the Harlem Renaissance and dropped out of Columbia in 1922. He began working as a bus boy and met Vachel Lindsay and he shared his poetry. He was impressed and through his connections summited the work in a magazine and won first place which He later received a scholarship to attend Lincoln University in 1925 for some of his literary work, and graduated in 1929. Langston then began to publish his work and started a newspaper comic called “simple” later…

After dominating the wardrobes of African Americans this recent year, the most popular fashion trend, currently, is “dressing for survival”. In society today, for African Americans, dressing up has become a life or death choice. This trend is not a personal choice; it is not one that has been publicized on the covers of magazines. Rather it is thousands of young African American men, using their clothing to suppress their senses of self. African American men are dressing up to deflect negative…

artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. It involved racial pride where blacks demanded g civil and political rights. One of the most well- known artists during this time was Langston Hughes. A lot of his work was featured in The Crisis Magazine, a journal of the NAACP where W.E.B, Dubois was the editor. Langston Hughes wasn’t always a well renounced poet, his life before was very interesting as well. Born James Mercer Langston Hughes, Hughes was born…

P3a Description: The building located at 11005 Riveria Road is a two story American Craftsman home that was constructed in 1914. This surrounding area consists of primarily American Craftsman single and multiple residences constructed from 1900s to the 1950s. This two story Craftsman home has a square floorplan, muti-panned windows, and a continuous brick foundation. The wood framed building is sheathed in horizontal wood beveled siding on the second story and split wood shingles are on the…

things in a more serious manner as well, headlining, “Mental Health Experts Weigh In on Kanye West's Continued Hospitalization”. Although they used People magazine which I previously discussed as a source of information, Billboard still choose to dig deeper into the issue instead of scrambling through what appears on the surface. This magazine went as far enough to have “real mental health experts” weigh in on the situation in order to give their article more authenticity. Here we see Kayne…

For decades Ethnic groups have faced discrimination and humiliation and many unique hardships, not to mention having to adapt to a whole new culture. Being unfamiliar to the perceptions of society lead to organizations among people who empathize and speak out so as a community all can be heard. As for Jose Antonio Vargas, Tammy Tan and Prince Ea have witnessed or endured discrimination for their ethnicity. Discrimination has always played a big role when it comes down to your status of…

[01-Gregory Heisler-Carroll] [02-Gregory Heisler-Carroll.jpg] [03-Gregory Heisler-Carroll.jpg} Gregory Heisler is a reminiscent portrait photographer that photographs for magazines such as Time, Sports Illustrated, GQ and more. He is a well known A-list celebrity photographer that captures unique photos that make you look twice. His photographs of extremely well known celebrities, business leaders, government leaders, etc are considered evocative and astonishing. [04-Greogry…

America special, the “American Dream”. The American Dream is the set of ideals that have been instilled into our country since our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Although many claim that the American Dream is merely that, a dream, many people, from a family member to a celebrity known world wide, have fought their way to success in a way that can only be described as living the American Dream. The American Dream is the mindset that all Americans have the…