Since she loved art, she got a scholarship to study dance and drama in San Francisco's Labor School. When she was 14, she dropped out of the school of dance and drama to become the first African-American female car conductor. ... " The following year she then moved to Ghana where she went to a college of music and drama. ... Through out her time studying abroad, Angelou studied very hard. ... While she was studying in Ghana she met with Malcolm X and from there on she helped him build his organization. ...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Charlie was published by Dial and produced in the Anta Theater by the Actor's Studio it won the Foreign Drama Critics Award. ... In 1983 he accepted Professorship of Literature and Afro-American Studies at the Five College Network in Amherst, Massachusetts. ...

• Word Count: 925
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Family life in the store included disciplined study of arithmetic; leisurely reading of novels, poetry, and Shakespeare; and lessons on deportment and avoidance of trouble with whites. ... She performed well in school and took evening classes in drama and dance. ...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Harlem Renaissance was a very important African-American cultural and social movement during the early twentieth century. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that African-American artists and authors were taken seriously by American society. During the Harlem Renaissance, African-Americ...

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

Locke's most widely known publication of The New Negro (1925), an anthology of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays; he familiarized American readers all over the U.S. ... World View on Race and Democracy, a Study Guide in Human Group Relations. ... Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185; Variation: Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185. ... Oxford African American Studies Center. ... Similarly, there are countless scholars who study Locke for his contributions to the fields of race, culture, and value theory. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Locke's most widely known publication of The New Negro (1925), an anthology of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays; he familiarized American readers all over the U.S. ... World View on Race and Democracy, a Study Guide in Human Group Relations. ... Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185; Variation: Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185. ... Oxford African American Studies Center. ... Similarly, there are countless scholars who study Locke for his contributions to the fields of race, culture, and value theory. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Across the culture spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found a new way to explore the historical experiences of black America. ... Hart stated, "He had a most dramatic meeting with his literary idol of the time, Vachel Lindesayhe had a chat with Lindsay and his wife, and was given a gift of Amy Lowell's John Keats, along with a note directing him to study the New Poetry" (Hart 617). ...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate