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Life in the early 1900s for many African Americans was extremely tough. Many of the tough times endured by African Americans were recorded in poetry, plays, books, articles, and other forms of literature. Some of these pieces are How It Feels To Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston, Harlem: The Culture Capital by James Weldon Johnson and poems from the Harlem Renaissance. During this time period about 40-70 years post slavery many African Americans voices were still unheard and many African…

The ever-changing movements of automobile and housing still affect us today. Massive improvements in transportation correlated immensely to the growth of suburbs, or peripheral cities. New attractions were made to accommodate the everyday and family drivers. Activities outside of the house brought the family under one roof, for the journey at least, and the sidewalk nearly became obsolete. The transportation revolution spurred a change in American living. Driving technology has improved…

In the frozen climate of Chicago, Richard Wright’s historical fiction novel called Native Son takes place. Bigger Thomas is a young African American man that grapples the challenge of living as a black man in America during the 1940s. Richard Wright effectively creates sympathy for Bigger by showing Biggers physical pain, along with the newspapers dehumanizing him, and by describing his family's condition. Wright uses the harsh winter climate of Chicago to inflict pain on Bigger multiple times…

Are you outgoing, enthusiastic, committed, fun to be around? Do you enjoy working with others, getting others to feel comfortable in social situations, and getting them to work with you? Do you pay careful attention to details, to make sure a job is done right? If you fit this description, a hospitality and tourism degree might open the door to a new career you would find fulfilling and financially rewarding. You Would Work With Interesting People Those who succeed in this career field are…

Each day students get pulled out of class because they are showing to much of their shoulders or their shirt has a logo that is not appropriate. So each day a student is pulled out of class, taking away from their own learning because they are so called to distracting. For years there has been a problem with the dress code and how to deal with it properly. Many schools think enforcing it more and more will stop the issue or at least lessen it, other schools have learned how to deal with the…

Chicago Life From 1940’s to Present Introduction In “A Raisin in the Sun” the main character Walter’s mother obtains a large amount of money from an insurance company since her husband passed away. Many themes are shown in this novel that coincided with other sources about that time period’s hostile separation in Chicago. Times now in Chicago also not very bright times, due to the crime and segregation still present though not as common yet still just as severe. This segregation comes in…

public, we expect cars will simply become transportation pods, without any manual controls at all except as a means of instructing the vehicle about the desired destination and giving instructions about the drive itself, much as one instructs a chauffeur driven car today.” (Casner, Hutchins, and Norman 76). It is only a matter of time before more car manufacturers shift their focus towards fully automated…

Native Son - Book Review Native Son is a work of African-American literature, written by Richard Wright and published on March 1, 1940 by Harper & Brothers. Richard Wright was born on September 4, 1908 in Roxie, Mississippi on a plantation. Wright and his family moved to Chicago in 1927 to pursue a better life. Developing a love for writing, he began to write his own stories. He gained national fame after the release of his second book, Uncle Tom’s Children. Native Son has often been called his…

Separate but Equal: Racial Issue “Separate but Equal” is the TV film about the rights of elementary students against segregation on the basis of color. The movie tries to cover the principle of social theme: 2racism and civil rights. All the characters of the movie give justice to their role, but the most important is Thurgood Marshall, who has lead with a very passionate and strong character. Equal rights being separate is very unrealistic and insignificant. The law of equal rights for the…

Suddenly people had a way to upload their garage sales, and sell to a global market, on eBay. Soon after, someone could hire a chauffeur to drive himself or herself home after a late night at the bar, from their smartphone using Uber. And if you had a spare room or back house, now you could rent it out on Airbnb. The last few years, peer-to-peer business has seen an incredible rise…