Daphne du Maurier

During the 1900’s poetry and music were used by African Americans to express their feelings about segregation. Then the term “American” did not include every race. Jim Crow Laws were created to oppress African Americans and enforce segregation. By analyzing the poem, “Theme for English B”, Langston Hughes shows how the term American has no single race category and the two races can learn from each other using imagery, archetypal emotions, and tone. First, Langston Hughes used imagery to display…

Langston Hughes uses alliteration, personification and mood in “Let America be America again” to discuss how America does not live up to people expectations. The author talks about how people have different looks about America. People think different because even they try to overcome their economic statues instead of making them progress into middle class this people become even poorer. Something that with the Rich even with doing so little it tends to get them richer than they deserve to be. Is…

The messages of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois could not have been more diverse. The philosophical rivalry between Washington and DuBois has deep historical roots. To be on the same side fighting for the same purpose, progress, and uplifting of the Black race, these two Black intellectuals harbored radically divergent views on how to assist African Americans to free themselves from their often subhuman conditions. Both men were aware that technological advancement was of foremost…

Civil War focusing primarily on the role of reconstruction through the Freedmen's Bureau of 1865. This literary treasure consists of a collection of essays that are categorized by theme and has a poetic style using various metaphors and references of Du Bois's personal and historical context which ultimately represent what it is like to be black in this time period. In this essay I will be analyzing DuBois’s insight on the social implications, political disenfranchisement, religious inducement…

In 1903, W.E.B Du Bois, an African-American writer and activist said, “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife…He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American...” Du Bois is describing a part of the African-American’s battle for freedom which takes place throughout most of the twentieth century. Throughout the poem, “Let America Be America Again,” Langston Hughes colorfully depicts the lack of freedom for black Americans in the land of…

Last week during class, W.E.B. Du Bois and his theory about the talented tenth surfaced in class discussion. There seemed to be a Universal agreement that his talented tenth concept is problematic. Outside of our classroom there has been a lot of debate regarding Du Bois’s theory, and its application to the Africana community. There are some people who believe that Du Bois created the talented tenth theory, however it was northern liberals who originated the term. Dr. Henry Lyman Morehouse, was…

In the 1920’s there was a large movement of African-Americans from the south to the North. This was called the Great Migration this relocation was due to the discrimination and disfranchisement of Blacks in the south. 6 million blacks poured into Northern, Midwestern, West coast cities ,largely New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, in search for a better life and job opportunities. Due to restrictions on where blacks could live, they were limited to ghettos in the inner city.2 In New York, many…

The Blues: A Door for African Americans’ Identity Langston Hughes’ “The Weary Blues” is a well-formed poem, which reflects the painful history yet rich culture of African American people during the Harlem Renaissance. The message of the poem can be seen in the last line when the speaker says, “he slept like a rock or a man that’s dead.” (35). This implies that the musician in the poem is so passionate towards his music that only his music labels him. What I mean is if the musician stops playing…

of the Era, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois presented their own ideas for the black community on how they can improve their lives alongside the whites. Washington advocated strictly for economic equality first, disregarding political and social justices. On the other hand, Du Bois voiced out against Washington, strongly standing by militant integration, expressing the need for political and social equality as…

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X During the Civil Rights Movement there were many different kinds of leaders trying to unite the black race and gain equality. Among those leaders, the most prominent and glorified was Martin Luther King. King was a minister from Atlanta, became the spokesman for the fight for equality. King stuck out more than others because of his non violent tactics, which involved peaceful protests, sit-ins and boycotts. Also, during this time there was another leader with…