American novelists

“Margaret Walker, in full Margaret Abigail Walker, married name Margaret Alexander, (born July 7, 1915, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1998, Chicago, Ill.), American novelist and poet who was one of the leading black woman writers of the mid-20th century” (Britannica). At the same time, “Her literature generally contained African American themes” (Goodreads). According to her background, we will introduce Malcolm X and analysis the poem “For Malcolm X”. In addition, we need to understand…

Renaissance was the culture period for African Americans, most of them were writers, poets, artist, musicians, photographers and scholars. Many of African American came from the south to Harlem where they can freely express their talents. Many African Americans recognized during the Harlem Renaissance were Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, as well as Arna Bontemps and etc. Arna Bontemps work had a big impact on the African American community, expressing their emotions from…

The Color Purple is an epistolary novel written in1982 by Alice Walker. She was born to sharecropper parents in Eatonton, Georgia, in 1944. She is Pulitzer Prize-winning, African-American novelist and poet most famous for authoring The Color Purple. The Color Purple novel presents three black women who have struggles on their lives, and their society forces them to live like slaves and maids .They fight to achieve independency and freedom from men domination. Moreover, the novel creates a link…

outsider and became an American poet icon. That is James Mercer Langston Hughes pioneers of the literary art form called jazz poetry. Langston Hughes wrote for not just the African-American people, but for everyone who were, sat aside from the American dream. After analyzing a few of Hughes poems, his themes for expressing his personal life and struggles as an African-American people. The continuing 1920’s conflict for equality, social justice and a chance at the American dream. Exploring the…

During this period, African Americans were granted equality due to the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which, outlawed slavery, defined citizenship and protected all Americans, and extended suffrage to all men. The Freedman’s Bureau/Civil Rights Act also helped blacks play a role in the governments, economies and society by allowing them to be elected to political office. White America found it difficult to accept the fact that African Americans could ever be…

a classic American novelist, once declared, ““All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” For many years, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been considered a timeless piece of writing regarding the story of the infamous “American Dream”. However, the story itself is controversial based on its content. The book portrays the racist American society…

Stylistic rules to shine on the art of writing. Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist, who was born in November 11, 1922 and died in April 11, 2007 at the age of 84. He was one of the greatest writing stylists in the American literature. He was known for his darkly satirical style and his black comedy. Vonnegut used a mixture of science-fiction in the majority of his works. Additionally, he was the president of a humanist association because of his humanist beliefs. In 1980, he wrote an essay to…

I am a 27 year London born Pop Singer who produced a number one hit in 2007 before signing a multi-million dollar record deal. I am a 6 foot All- American quarterback who led my college team to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years before being the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft. I was the young actor who stole the heof audiences in Forrest Gump before nearly winning an Academy Award 5 years later. Yet, none of these achievements are even a drop in the bucket of my potential. That's what…

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…

relationship between language and race in America through the eyes of the Author. The essay covers everything from his parent's immigration to America, his success and or lack of success as a poet, his view of cultural assimilation, and view of white American males. The essay provides cadets with the unique perspective of the Author who made several statements about his father's experience in America, childhood, and his lack of freedom to write about topics other than race and immigration. His…