The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. ... The two novels embody many similar concerns and methods that characterize the black women's literary tradition. ... By the mid-1940s, Hurston's writing career was faltering, and she was arrested and charged with molesting a ten-year-old boy and his two friends. ... Only one of the other adults, a black male janitor, was formally charged. ... "God does love black people, doesn't He?" ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A famous club known for showcasing black-talent was the "Cotton Club". The "Cotton Club" was owned by whites, but all of the performers were black. ... The radio and film industries also discriminated against blacks. ... Black artists flocked to Harlem in the late nineteen twenties. ... He attended an all black school as a child. ...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The story revolves around the deaths of three people, a small time drug dealer named Tino Zapatti, a hero cop who tries to bust Zapatti named Eddie Santos, and an innocent six year old boy accidentally hit by a stray bullet from the crossfire between the two. ... Also, he has worked as deputy mayor for only three years, therefore, he has not yet really experienced the gray areas so to speak, of the world of politics because for him, a decision is either black or white, that is, right or wrong. ... Upon discovering the mayor's involvement, he realizes that the world of politics is not ab...

• Word Count: 2445
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Jazz Singer portrays Jack as a boy who was never fully satisfied as the typical Jew and in order to find real joy in life he is forced to disappoint his parents or deny himself his dreams of being a performer. ... When Jack Robins sang in the bar as a young boy, he began a cinematic revolution. ... A powerful scene is when Mary enters the room and Jack is applying the black face paint, he is clearly distraught and conflicted by his Jewish culture and his career. ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

James Baldwin, though controversial in his own time due to his homosexual writings, became a leading black commentator on the suffering and abuse of his people in the United States, which he believed symbolized universal conflicts. ... He felt as though he was "too black" as well as isolated, and all of these insecurities constituted for his leaving Switzerland after only two weeks (Als 141). ... His most famous novel, Got Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, is an unusual depiction of a coming-of-age story of a fourteen year old boy, John Grimes. ...

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