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2. In the play “Fences” there are many components that contribute to the play being about African Americans. One contribution to this is the improper grammatical terms used in the play. Like the use of the word “nigger” “You was in the neighborhood alright, nigger.” Another example is the use of the word “cause”.” Yes, ma'am, I got plums, you ask me how I sell them, Oh ten cents apiece, Three for a quarter, come and buy now ’cause I’m here today and tomorrow I'll be gone. ”Also the use of the…

eighteenth century, William Blake in "The Little Black Boy" intended to romanticize an individual with fanciful ideas or beliefs concerning riches, power and beauty. After all, whether in youth or old age, an African is someone who seems to dream of changing the human condition in an unrealistic manner. The little slave child in Blake's verse is only half-alive in being ruled by hopes and fears of a curious nature (Ogude 1976, 85-96). And Dr. Johnson might have associated Rasselas the Prince of…

influence on his poetry. Hughes used this expression as a form of praise. Hughes began writing poetry in high school and he gained recognition and support among black activist. Some of his admirers were infamous in their own right such as W.E.B Du Bois. Du Bois was a, Journalist, Educator, and Civil Rights Activist. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard and he co-founded the NAACP. Another admire Hughes work…

1. In Langston Hughes’, Radioactive Red Caps, we are given very little about our narrator. But what we are given is the basic facts that the narrator is black and slightly intelligent. We know that he is intelligent by the way he phrases his sentences. In the opening line he says, “that Negroes today are being rapidly integrated into every phase of American life from the Army and Navy to schools to industries—advancing, advancing!” (210) The narrator also thinks himself above others due to his…

After the civil war, the United States was a country in total disarray. The Reconstruction period was intended to rebuild the Southern economy and government. In many ways, the Reconstruction Era was considered both a failure and a success. In a way, the Reconstruction period was considered a success because the government passed amendments to protect the rights of African Americans. The thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen amendments were critical to their rights. It created equality for African…

The Black Arts Movement (1965-1975) is considered to be one of the most essential moments in African American literature. It encouraged and motivated African Americans to form their very own publishing companies and magazines as well as numerous institutions of the arts. The movement was also believed to have inspired the formation of African American Studies classes at universities and colleges throughout the United States (Rojas 2147). The Black Arts Movement was also thought to have been…

In John L. Jackson’s book Harlemworld, he explains how Harlem was “made black”, both literally and figuratively, and he also describes how Harlem became, historically, a sort of epicenter of African-American culture; or as he puts it, the “black Mecca”. As for how Harlem came to be populated by a larger concentration of African-Americans than almost anywhere else, Jackson describes a brief history of the geographical location in northern Manhattan that was once known as Nieuw Haarlem, which…

"Interview with the Vampire" is one of the best-seller novels by Anne Rice that published in 1976. It is a thrilling novel, which depicts immortal vampires as the central characters. Anne Rice uses the flashback technique in the novel through which novel’s protagonist, the Vampire named Louis tells the story of his past life to a mortal journalist named Daniel during an interview. Louis wants to make the whole world aware of the existence of evil vampires. The story begins in San Francisco where…

An early Civil Rights Debate In the late 19th century, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubious were the most influential African Americans in America. They both were philosophers who wanted justice and equality for black people; however, they both had different methods and perspectives in how to tackle the racism that was going on during that time period. Although they had their differences it is undoubted that the dispute between both of them shaped the course of history for African Americans,…

The great W.E.D. DuBois (William Edward Burghardt DuBois) had an essential role that played with the NAACP (National Association for the Color People). DuBois traveled around the world to education African Americans to teach them you can have the knowledge to be someone. He accomplished more then what people could do in that time period; he was an historian, sociologist, author, and an editor. W.E.D. DuBois was a proud African American who disliked discrimination; loved his education,…