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Maya Angelou was an unstoppable woman. With a tough childhood she found a way to pick herself back and accomplish so many amazing things. Maya Angelou was an unreligious woman moving from job to job, she was trying to support a family at sixteen years old. After a while she found her religion and became a christian or as she liked to call it a child of God. There is so much more to her story. She had several different jobs, a crazy childhood, and much more.. Born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis…

A Young Local African-American Poet is Honored for her Work Juliet Lubawama, a local resident of Downingtown is recognized as one of the country’s best youth poets. So how did she get to her position? Her love for poetry began in fourth grade after listening to Phenomenal Women by Maya Angelou. After listening to the poem, she immediately ran home and tried to compose her own interpretation of Angelou’s poem and named it the Proclamation of All Things Good. It’s a clever title that you would…

Hattie McDaniel As known as a great African-American Actress, Singer- Songwriter, Hattie McDaniel was a great woman who paved a way for several other African American entertainers in her time. During the rapid growth of the film industry, Hattie McDaniel was a woman of visionary that took the industry under her wings and evolved into a idealists to the media industry. Hattie McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 10, 1893; she was her parents' 13th child. Her father, Henry,…

Maya Angelou, a poet, writer, and civil rights activist. She was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri as Marguerite Annie Johnson. Her childhood was very difficult. Her parents split when she was very young. Her and her older brother, Bailey were sent to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. She had to endure racial discrimination. One day while visiting her mother, her mother’s boyfriend raped her. She was so traumatized by the incident that she became mute. Maya moved to San…

there have been dozens of programs on American TV featuring a relatively diverse array of black families. But for many years within this span of time, there has been what has felt like a drought of Black imagery, a “whiteout,” if you will. Many of our shows essentially came and went, while programs featuring White families continued to dominate the airwaves. Today, however, Black faces are finally all over the network and cable television lineups, and megahits such as ABC’s black-ish, a sitcom…

Dolly’s Uncle Billy Earl introduced her to the music life at the age of ten (“Dolly Parton”4). Dolly has won lots and lots of awards for her music and movies (“Dolly Parton”4). Dolly has been the top female country singer for years , and her life shows that living a difficult life actually makes you stronger (Dolly Parton 26). During Dolly’s life she was the only one to graduate high school in 1964 (“Dolly Parton”3). After dolly graduated , she moved that same exact day to a tiny apartment…

The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison explores many themes that convey the lives of the black slaves. Morrison explores slavery into a greater depth through the main characters by portraying the thoughts and experiences of oppression. The protagonist of the novel Sethe, the mother of Denver and Beloved goes through many tragic events that are not limited to physical beatings and verbal attacks from Schoolteacher that shape Sethe’s characterization in the novel. Morrison uses Sethe to portray the…

born as Marguerite Annie Johnson and she was an American author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees (Wikipedia). Look where she’s come too. Try your best and strive to be a better person! “It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have…

Maya Angelou demonstrates that the human spirit is powerful. One in her famous collection of poems, “Still I rise” is a great example. It conveys the idea that no matter the situation, from oppression of race and sex to the chained up history of her past, her spirits continues to stay strong. Using her experience and simple but powerful words, she expresses the power of the human spirit to all audiences. At the start of the poem, Angelou creates an atmosphere of gloom and sadness with sinister…

Color Purple” showcases Celie’s journey of self-discovery and the struggles that must be overcome in order to find one’s self. Celie has many different relationships with the minor characters, such as Mr._, who shows Celie that people can change, Sofia & Harpo, who reverse gender roles and show Celie the error in her ways, Nettie & Shug who helped Celie regain hope and feel love once again. Celie’s journey was filled with many challenges that had to be overcome in order to fully move on. Mr._…