" The imagery details how once the light of the day is gone, the town becomes comfortable to express their thoughts. ... They passed nations through their mouths. ... They feel high and mighty by exercising their opinions and judgements, as if they are a judge issuing a verdict in court. ... But women act in the present, their dreams have to fit within reality, and that is how they must live their lives; they aren't afforded the luxury to dream and hope for their lives as they'd please. ... In the final two paragraphs, "They scrambled a noisy "good evenin'" ...
Black painters and sculptors joined their fellow poets, novelists, dramatists, and musicians in an artistic outpouring that established Harlem as the international capital of Black culture. ... Africans and their descendants have been an essential part of the story of America since the late 1400s. ... The association planned to raise money to buy a ship and return Black Americans to Africa, the land of their origins. ... The movement was instrumental in the founding of the African Republic of Liberia where nearly 13,000 blacks were settled in their homeland (Collier, 1985). ... Finally, ...