Introduction As a native New Yorker, I can remember growing up in Harlem on 112th street and St. ... I remember many days sitting on the stoop and wandering why is my block different from the others. ... I remember him saying how much his life has changed for the better since he moved to New York. ... I can remember my grandfather telling me about his trips up seventh avenue on the bus and looking at the beautiful churches, social and civic centers, shops, theatres and other places of amusement. ...

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They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. ... That follows the same scenario, if a white man walks in a black community, it's generally unsafe in the inner cities or slums. Or if a black man walks in the presence of one or several KKK members, it would be unsafe for the black person. ...

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In the story "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston the protagonist, or main character of the story, Janie Crawford, is alienated by her society and by her culture since as long as she can remember. ... Janie begins this search when she was just a young girl sitting under a pear tree in her backyard beginning her long walk into adulthood and feeling the emotions that come along in everyone's life when they reach that certain age. ...

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" I remember one of my favorite episodes was when Heathcliff and Clair's daughter Sandra moved out with her daughter and husband to a new home. ... Next, one of the five children would walk in to either complain about their day, or ask for something achievable like one hundred dollars to go to a concert. ...

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An event to remember....- While the fight by blacks for civil rights had been going on for years, it took one middle-aged black woman with tired feet and a strong will to really get the battle going. ... Blacks walked, rode bicycles, drove or got a ride around the city rather than take the bus. ...

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(David 68) But Claudia, too, learns to interject those ideals knowing that, in order to be loved and accepted, she must conform because, as she remembers, "all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured-(Morrison 20) But Morrison is not intent upon merely affirming the existence of the fear, frustration, and fury inherent in black life; she wished to expose the psychic causes for the social distortions within a black community. ...

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