Therefore, to prove his father wrong, Langston traveled around the world and wrote several novels, poems, plays, essays, and children's books. Nevertheless, while on the train, Hughes saw the ever flowing Mississippi River. ... At the same token, a mother had to always be prepared for the day that her child or children may be sold into slavery. ... "I've seen its (the Mississippi River) muddy bosom turn all / golden in the sunset." ... In the last line of the poem, Hughes states, "My soul has grown deep like the rivers." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 did not fundamentally solve the majority of Northerners deeply, they refused to be responsible for catching escaped slaves, and even helped them to escape or provided shelter for them, By that time The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published, Mark Twain showed his opinion about slavery in children's eyes. ... Huck at first believes that the blacks are much lower than whites and regards them as inferior animals, the conversation between him and Aunt Sally after the explosion in the river is a good example. ... At first, he can not see J...

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The one trait I"m not proud of passing down to my children and grandchildren is being color struck. ... Philomene had eight children by Narcisse Fredieu. ... Emily even went as far as to live with Joseph Billes, the father of her five children, the man her safety had been entrusted to while she was in the convent in New Orleans. ... I just wish that had been a lesson I taught to my children instead of teaching them that the lighter their skin was, the better off they would be. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Continuing to write poetry, his first published poem was also one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." ... Hughes wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen of television and radio scripts, and magazine articles. ... (Hughes 23) In the poem, Children's Rhymes, Hughes writes about how in his childhood that there was a lot of segregation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era (GAPE), many atrocities were directed towards African-American people. This period of history was one of the great advances. The nation was making incredible advancements in industry, science, and the settlement of the frontier. America was growing...

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A man of great poetry once lived a long time ago. His great words inspired many people. The poet had strong talent when it comes to writing poems. Reading his poems to myself, I felt his words settling into my brain and it made me curious. My thoughts made me very interested in knowing more about hi...

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Boys in the Hood A. I saw a direct relationship between material and non-material culture in this film. The material culture was very negative. They lived in a world of guns, trashy houses, dead bodies, drug addicts, and murderers. This material culture is a direct effect of this movies non-mater...

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Children and those whose clothes deteriorated went naked until the next year. ... Douglass gives an example of a slave who unknowingly tells his master that he is being treated poorly, and as a result, is sold "down the river." ... When the women become pregnant, their children are sold by the wish of the master's wife, to avoid the constant reminder of the man's fornication. ...

• Word Count: 1186
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School