She exclaims, "Lena – I'll work I'll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago I'll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to – but we got to move! ... " A character, who overcame this barrier to achieve their dream, was Mama. ... Mama's barrier to her dream was her financial status, and later, her race. ... Mama aint no black people living in Clybourne Park" (Hansberry 72). This shine's a light on the barrier to Mama's dream. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Anne Moody's autobiography, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," delivers certain messages and history that most people, still to this day, tend to ignore. ... She asks her mama about the murder but her mama told her that black folks do not have the right to talk about racial violence and that Moody must act like she does not know anything about the incident in order to stay out of trouble. ... Burke and her company talking about an organization called the "NAACP" and she asked mama what it meant. Mama told her to never mention that word again but the next day at school, Moody asked ...

• Word Count: 1133
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Anne Moody's autobiography, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," delivers certain messages and history that most people, still to this day, tend to ignore. ... She asks her mama about the murder but her mama told her that black folks do not have the right to talk about racial violence and that Moody must act like she does not know anything about the incident in order to stay out of trouble. ... Burke and her company talking about an organization called the "NAACP" and she asked mama what it meant. Mama told her to never mention that word again but the next day at school, Moody asked ...

• Word Count: 1133
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

One day, there are only Mayella and Tom at home so she hugs and kisses that black man---Tom Robinson. ... Stephanie whispers carefully, "Well, I was standing in my yard one day when his mama come running out and yelling, 'He's killing us all.' ... One day, Jem and Scout were on the way home and Bob Ewell tried to hurt them because Atticus helped Tom Robinson, but Boo saves them. ...

• Word Count: 843
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One hot summer day Uncle Ed stormed into the house and took the kids to his house, "Ed told us that he didn't live very far from us, but walking barefooted on the rock road in the boiling hot sun, I began to wonder how far was "not very far.... " (Moody, page 20) and to this Anne responded ""Mama told us we ain't supposed to wear our shoes out round the house. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School