The reader must observe that the singing is an allusion to the community itself, their own emotion and their acceptance of others, a powerful tool to be used to explain the survival of the African-American slaves in a detrimental society. ...

• Word Count: 3100
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... "Here", she said, "in this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. ... So Baby Suggs, holy, having devoted her free life to harmony, was buried amid a dance of pride, fear, condemnation and spite. ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... "Here", she said, "in this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. ... So Baby Suggs, holy, having devoted her free life to harmony, was buried amid a dance of pride, fear, condemnation and spite. ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School