Types of literature she wrote A. ... She wanted a reform of the treatment to African Americans in society. ... Wells-Barnett was an extremely influential African American woman. ... Wells lived in was very hard and troubling for African Americans. ... As a writer she began to criticize the differences of treatment in schools between African Americans compared to whites she later lashed out against lynching and beatings of African Americans. ...

• Word Count: 1282
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Different books will talk in different voices, and books that have fallen into the African American genre speak "a distinctively African voice". This "voice" will do many things, not the least of which is "demonstrate that people of African descent possessed the requisite degrees of reason and whit to create literature, that they were, indeed, full and equal members of the community of rational, sentient beings". ... In addition to African American Literature testifying to the intellect of African Americans, Gates also asserts that the genre "at once testified against their captors and bore ...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

Due to his mother's inaccessibility and his stepfather's stern and remote manner, Baldwin felt isolated and retreated into the world of literature. ... He argues that the lives and futures of whites and African Americans are inextricably intertwined. He asserts the independence of African Americans and the possible necessity of violence against whites. ... Baldwin seemed offended by the possibility that an African-American would even want to become president of a country. ... "Baldwin plays an important role in a canon of gay literature" (Thorsson 617). ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

The influence of the African-American arts and writing gave James Baldwin the confidence to become an African-American writer. ... In the middle of all the chaos in him home, James Baldwin discovered an appetite for literature (Als 139). ... The Harlem Renaissance was an era that experienced the flowering of African-American literature in the 1920's. ... Harlem was an area where many African-Americans resided. ... When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 Baldwin lost all hope for African-Americans. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This statement summarizes a significant issue that most African Americans recognized and sought to change during this era. ... However, both men left behind a legacy that contributed in paving the way for equal opportunity for African Americans today. ... DuBois combined his knowledge of literature from his educational background, his understanding of American Culture as a result of his numerous studies, and taking direct force by protesting for equality to represent what he believed would solve racial discrimination of blacks. ... In this article, he described the dreadful effects of segr...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When assessing a novel to see whether it qualifies for high school curriculum, one of the criterion follows that the piece of literature must offer a new perspective and truthful sense of the time period and its cultural elements that cannot be found in less controversial material, such as textbooks. ... Huck's preconceived notions that African-Americans lack the ability to care of their children and family stem from white society's teachings that African Americans are devoid of human emotion and fail to have normal relationships with the people they love. ... Huck's father str...

• Word Count: 2046
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and their "Ebonics." ... Next, I saw pictures and videos on African-Americans and how they were discriminated against. ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... During this time Hitler ordered great works of literature to be destroyed. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In 1956 homosexuality was a taboo subject, more so when addressed by an African-American writer, Susan Stryker an associate professor of Gender and Women's studies at The University of Arizona remarked, "In Giovanni's Room, David is faced with the same type of decision; on the surface he faces a choice between his American fiancée and his European boyfriend, but ultimately, like Baldwin, he must grapple with being alienated by the culture that produced him" (104). ... Reacting to the election of Barack Obama, the nations first black President and the subsequent emer...

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Morrison's novel illustrates the disastrous affects racism had on African-Americans during the late nineteen hundreds. ... More important though, The Bluest Eye, goes beyond its value as a work of literature. ...

• Word Count: 1667
• Approx Pages: 7

Morrison's novel illustrates the disastrous affects racism had on African-Americans during the late nineteen hundreds. ... More important though, The Bluest Eye, goes beyond its value as a work of literature. ...

• Word Count: 1667
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School