American poets

expresses oppression by revealing what occurs during the oppression of a group of people and to not give up hope. Though there are numerous differences in the two poems, they still convey the same topic and their wish to stop the oppression. Both poets grew up during a time when oppression was occurring. While Langston Hughes got first hand experience of oppression…

The poem “ Blink Your Eyes” by Sekou Sundiata, an African American poet and performer, is about him showing his outrage towards racial profiling. He is trying to drive to go see his women, but there is something stopping him from doing that. He is pulled over by a policeman and he feels tension because he understands that there is a possibility he can be subjected to the law for doing nothing wrong. The policeman accuses the African American man of committing a crime just because he is black. He…

and inquiring about other writings. In the following paragraphs I am going to examine women such as Frances Beal, Paul Murray Dolores Huerta and the Asian American Movement in the 1960s. These women…

I had a hard time deciding which one my favorite poet and poem that I would be able to analyze and write an essay over. One of my all-time favorite poets in Langston Hughes, one reason why is because he never hides the trails and hard times that African American went through over the years. He tells the truth whether it is harsh or not. So, I chose “The Negro Mother” by Langston Hughes, because I knew by the word “Negro” that I would be informed on some history from back when slavery was alive…

one of the greatest upheavals of social change in U.S. history. American society, though based on freedom and democracy, had always been dominated by white males. During the 1960s, the civil rights movement reached its pinnacle. Many organizations were formed to publicize the surge for racial equality. Angelou had married the civil rights activist Vusumzi Make and moved to Cairo and then Ghana, where a thriving group of African American expatriates had moved. She met the radical civil rights…

Her father is Chickasaw and her mother is a non-native. As the character grows up, she is conflicted between being a native american and caucasian. In the poem, the narrator states the following, “she left the large white breasts that weight my body down” (Hogan 289). She feels that her mom’s heritage is a heavy burden. Also, she describes her breasts as not her own, but as her…

To Bring the Horse Home Julie Bruck after Philip Larkin Is all I’ve wanted past wanting since I was six and delirious with fever, an infinitive forged from a night when giant ladybugs with toothpick antennae patrolled my wicker nightstand. Yes, I’ve been with horses since, travelled illegally with them in trailers, known certain landscapes only framed by alert ears, and with one in particular, spent whole afternoons with her big jaw heavy on my shoulder. Still, I hatched plots to bring a horse…

born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was an African-American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. W.E.B. Dubois was an intellectually gifted person and he is the first man of African descent to receive a PH.D from Harvard University.He wrote extensively and was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. He was the founding member of…

African-American writers, Maya Angelou and Lucille Clifton, use their words to express their individuality and the impact of oppression on the lives of blacks. These widely respected poets accentuate strength and persistence through adversity, with a sense of morality. They also touch on the influences of segregation and women’s suffering and inequality. In spite of these, every word read by the reader is analyzed and criticized. Even with such few words, the poems, “won’t you celebrate with me”…

The cultural context that I choose is a song called “Ms.Hill”, written by rapper and songwriter Talib Kweli. This song was released in 2005 and it speaks about his admiration toward his iconic friend, Lauryn Hill, a rapper, singer, songwriter, and poet. She’s also known from the 1992 comedy film, Sister Act starting Whoopi Goldberg. This song expresses admiration toward Lauryn Hill’s ways of not conforming to the ways of the music industry as well as creating her own style of music, that is both…