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

Although modern society largely scorns racism, racism still continues, making books like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story about slavery and racism, still relevant to today. ... In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by reversing the black-white paradigm, Huck ultimately learns of the invalidity of the ideology behind slavery and racism that has governed his beliefs about whites and blacks his entire life. ... As Huck spends more and more time with Jim, however, this seems less and less likely; instead, Huck soon realizes that Jim and the rest of the blacks are, in fact, not any...

• Word Count: 1798
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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 short, it tries to give minorities that have been at a disadvantage their whole life, an advantage they have never been open too. ... Education, more than anything decides the potential for success in a person's life, and if most minorities are poor and need help then they should get it but poor white families should also receive those benefits. ... The author asks how a law could promote equal treatment for minorities but at the same time take away from majorities. ... These books give examples of officials not believing in what affirmative action promotes The hiring of uns...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate