In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... The word "it" in this line refers to the identity which is to be found for the author when writing the assigned "page" from line 2. ... We know that the students are white, because the author states that he is the only "colored (line 10)". ... The stanza as a whole is actually a critique of the negative image of Harlem, and all predominantly black communities, as portrayed by contemporary society. ... There is a certain part of him ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... The word "it" in this line refers to the identity which is to be found for the author when writing the assigned "page" from line 2. ... We know that the students are white, because the author states that he is the only "colored (line 10)". ... The stanza as a whole is actually a critique of the negative image of Harlem, and all predominantly black communities, as portrayed by contemporary society. ... There is a certain part of him ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maya Angelou is a well-recognized American author, primarily from the period of the Civil Rights Movement, where she participated as an activist. ... According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... Wolfe is among the most celebrated authors of the early 20th century, and is credited for paving the way for autobiographical fiction genre, thus there is no doubt that Angelou's respect and knowledge of the author's work assisted in stren...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Civil Rights Movement in Miami The Truly Prolonged African American Experience in Miami How strange it all seems now equality. People had to fight for it? Kill for it? Go to court to defend it? Not too long ago, it was all true and clearly evident in any regular functioning day. The...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There, he first met Richard Wright (an African-American author whose strong protests against racial prejudice made him one of his generation's most important spokespersons) and began his first novel, In My Father's House. ... The contemporary significance of Blues for Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rita Frances Dove was born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio (Biographical Information-Rita Dove 1). Little did she know that as she grew up, she would become a nationally recognized poet. As a child Dove was always interested in literature, "...the young Dove had a particular fondness and passion fo...

• Word Count: 1934
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Toni Morrison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her first novel, "The Bluest Eye," was published in 1970. In the book's foreword, Morrison explains her reasons for writing the novel. She states that the idea to write this novel came from her childhood friend who wished to have blue eyes. With this story, she wants to make a remark about the damage that internalized racism can do to a young girl. ...

• Word Count: 2371
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, playwright, author, poet, activist, critic, and educator. ... He was the main artist/intellectual responsible for shifting the emphasis of the contemporary black literature from an the idea of a writer who happen to be black to a writer who is black and lets his experience effect his writing. ...

• Word Count: 2297
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School