Chester Himes wrote If He Hollers Let Him Go, with the close-to-home perspective as an African-American author living under these altering circumstances himself. ... It was the look on people's faces when you asked them about a job. ... (Page 18) This is the struggle that internally, Bob's girlfriend Alice battles with every day. Alice, being light skinned enough to be mistaken as white, has a difficult position in life. ... Alice is his woman he can show off, and his car is a symbol of his higher status than most. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

James Baldwin and Alice Walker, both wrote about and lived through problems concerning African Americans in the 1900's. ... This helps him to gain an understanding for his father and let go of the feeling which he thought was hate, for this man and personally grow and become a better person, by not allowing himself to be consumed by the hatred. ... "She did not ask me what I wanted, but repeated, as though she had learned it somewhere, We don't serve Negroes here. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker takes on a feminist tone in The Color Purple, a novel about the struggles between salvation and independence in which she discusses the oppression of black women. ... Harpo, her husband, often goes to his father and asks him how to make Sofia listen to him. ... ___'s house, she goes to Africa with a family of Christian missionaries. ... She finds strength in Shug, which keeps her from going back to Mr. ___ as his wife, but instead returns as his equal friend. ... Alice Walker contrasts the ugliness of men with the healthy bondage of women to discuss the frustration of bla...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School