Although these contributions were recorded, his name was not mentioned in the American History Books until later in life. ... He had an eighth grade education by the time he turned 15 and took over the operations of the family farm. ... First of all, let's look at the periods of his life, (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806). ... This was a monumental discovery that was never attributed to Banneker at the time. ... There are so many things that have happened in the past that never found their way into the American history books. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Responding to the heady intellectual atmosphere of the time and place, writers and artists, many of whom lived in Harlem, began to produce a wide variety of fine and highly original works dealing with African-American life. ... Poets and other literary writers published several of articles, poems, and books, which extended and embraced the transformed identity of African-Americans. ... James Van Der Zee (1889-1983) was the most popular African-American photographer of that time. ... For 60 years, working in obscurity, he made a visual record of Harlem life unsurpassed in scope and detail. ....

• Word Count: 783
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The 14th Amendment has been the law of the land since mid 19th century but sadly enough it had only been the theory and had hardly been enforced until some time through the civil rights movement. ... One of the strongest arguments that had been used to disprove of all these statement had been that "You can't ask whites as a class to bear the responsibly for statistical disparities, unless you can prove the whites were purposely excluding blacks ) (p287) Basically we can imply that the 14th amendment and other laws that stated "separate but equal" had been the laws on the books, but law...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many text books, and books for that matter, show some pain and struggling from non-European cultures; the books rarely tell a story of the pain they felt daily. ... As Quincy said language is like a body, renew it and make it better, as language is life. ... As Leslie Marmon Silko believed, along with most Native-Americans, history is not distant but all around your daily life; it is something that is not linear but all encompassing. ... To really engage upon the true meanings of words from different cultures, one must know the time and place that the meaning is coming from, and understan...

• Word Count: 1724
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maya Angelou writes on her experience living in Southern rural then in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the book is a heartwarming yet tragic story of her life from birth to young adulthood. ... Angelou did not change facts about her life, but fictionalized them in order to increase the impact of her massage. ... She says, "The black female is assaulted in her tender age by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate, and Black lack of power. ... She would retreat into books in times of crisis...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that publishers and critics took African American literature seriously. ... Their writings dealt with black life from a black perspective, and it celebrated the characteristics of African American life and the enjoyment of life without fear. ... Mckay also presented glimpses of the glamour and the grit of Harlem life in Harlem Shadows. ... The Great Depresion increased the economic pressure on all sections of life. ... Almost one-third of the books published during the Renaissance were still read, sold, and bought after 1929. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Know as the Progressive era, Bristow attempts to deal with the complexities of this time, a time in which morale and decency prevailed. ... The CTCA was formed in April 1917 to supervise the cultural life of the military service men. ... As a result, men from all walk of life where thrown together as they moved from state to state, country to country, while being trained. The image that many civilians had about camp life, according to Bristow, was that of military camps being a place corrupted and diluted by drinking, prostitution, profanity, and fighting. ... The Commission provided the m...

• Word Count: 1179
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yet controversy arises when people read the words " all men are created equal;- and remember that it was written in a time when all men were not treated the same (Wilkins 2). ... Until later in their life, they did not know any better than to go along with society and treat African Americans and Natives as inferior races. ... But as time went on in the colonies, the cultures shifted slowly to a more individualistic culture which it is today. ... At that point in time, owning slaves was a status symbol. ... Would they had lost their powerful status and eventually been forgotten in the hi...

• Word Count: 1212
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Harlem Renaissance made an important impact on American life through impressive contributions by many artists. ... The Urban League was founded in 1910 with the goal of acclimating recent migrants to the rigors of urban life. ... Claude McKay's volume of poetry, Harlem Shadow (1922), Jean Toomer's experimental novel combination of poetry and prose, Cane (1923), and Jessie Fauset's novel about a middleclass black woman, There Is Confusion (1924) were among the first books written by Blacks to be published. ... Secondly, the publication of Nigger Heaven (1926) by white nov...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Angelou's style of writing shows her honesty, feelings, and emotions about most of the experiences that she went through in her life, as well as the life of the people around her (Richard 84). ... It is easy for Angelou's readers to understand her work considering that she express her background and the events and activities that transpired during her time. ... According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... During the years when she...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"We should not confine our thinking to our own sphere, that in making choices in both political and economic matters we should most seriously consider the right of other human beings to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that we should work to acquire the knowledge that will enable us to deliberate those rights,"" (Nussbaum 13-14). ... "The Negro dimly personifies in the white man all his ills and misfortunes; if he is poor, it is because the white man seizes the fruit of his toil; if he is ignorant, it is because the white man gives him neither time nor facilities to learn,"" (...

• Word Count: 2792
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1851 the Mormon Church published another major literary work entitled the "Pearl Of Great Price"; it contained the Books of Moses and Abraham as translated by Joseph Smith. ... The life of the biblical figure, Cain, is a very important aspect of the literary work. ... Church leaders for the first time began to speak out publicly about their practice of black priesthood denial. ... The war over slavery during the second half of the nineteenth century forced the Mormon Church for the first time in its existence to publicly announce their feeling towards the African race. At that time in h...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate