American novelists

was written by prize- winning African American novelist and poet, Alice Walker. Published in 1982, Walker portrayed the love woman could have for each other, and the men who abuse them. As the main character, Celie grows and becomes more of a woman then she thought she could ever be. Alice Walker in The Color Purple uses author, historical perspective, symbolism, quotations and characters and most importantly themes to reflect on what the common African American experiences in the 1900’s and…

poet, but his best known works are “Black Boy” and “Native Son”. His friend, James Baldwin, was also a writer during this time as a novelist and essayist. He wrote about race, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and many other controversial or taboo subjects of his day. His most famous work was “Go Tell It On The Mountain.” which was about a young African American boy and his dealings with the Christian Church and his religiously strict father. Ellison, Wright, and Baldwin’s writing…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was a famous poet in America who was also known to be a, novelist, social activist, columnist from Joplin, Missouri and playwright artist. James was one of the earliest innovators of Jazz poetry which during his time was known as then-new literary form. Hughes is particularly known for his colorful, insightful portrayals of black life in America from the 1920’s through to the 1960’s. He wrote short stories, plays, novels and as well as poetry. James graduated from…

Houston Museum of African American Culture was a place that collects, conserves, interprets and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of African Americans and Africans in Houston. The current exhibit named Bad Ass Art Man presents by artist Danny Simmons alongside art by some of the most prominent African American contemporary and traditional African art. Danny Simon is not only a painter but also a collector as well. With his prized collection of African art, he started to pursue his…

In “Consider the Lobster,” published in Gourmet magazine in 2004, David Foster Wallace, an American novelist, essayist, and college professor, addresses the ethical considerations that revolve around the annual Maine Lobster Festival- eating lobster. This festival attracts tourist from all over the country to enjoy live music, beauty pageants, cooking competitions, and of course lobster (236). The easiest way to prepare lobster is boiling it in a kettle, and an important detail of this process…

The American Dream is something that has shaped the face of america since the birth of 1774. It has Inspired americans to achieve great things. It has inspired people to come to america to achieve their American dream. The American dream has changed since its Independence 239 years ago. The american dream is different for each person. There are many factors that contribute to an individual's American dream. Society is something that greatly impacts the american dream. Society changes quite often…

emphasized the idea that that negro art is just American art. Langston Hughes expressed his opinion through his article “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, claiming that every art has its own beauty through the confidence of race. Zora Neale Hurston was able to accept her true colors in the article “How It Feels To Be Colored Me” when she realized the day she became colored. Schuyler, Hurston, and Hughes address the similar topic on black people in American society from a black person’s…

the restrictions placed on her due to her black ethnicity. The story is based on the growth of Janie’s womanhood and independence, as well as her great triumph over her authoritarian husbands and the controlled society she lives in. Nevertheless, novelist Richard Wright has found this literary work to be “tradition which was forced upon the Negro in the theater, that is, the minstrel technique that makes ‘the white folks’…

Mary Dudziak, author of the book Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy, explores impacts of Cold War foreign affairs on American civil rights reform during a period when international eyes focused on the United States as leader of the free world. A leading United States legal historian, Dudziak has written several books on the crossing of domestic law and international affairs. Professor of law at Emory University Dudziak has clerked with the 4th US District Court of…

were on the rise. Literature played an important factor to many lives. Poetry was an influence because it was a way of African Americans expressing their feelings and opinions; of how society was being portrayed at that time. It was soothing and the events led to people wanting to hear more and more, especially during the 1920’s. Jessie R. Fauset, an african american female poet, was one of many that brought light to the 1920’s. Born on April 27th ,1882…