Wilkerson, who is a product of this journey herself, wrote The Warmth of Other Suns not only to inform but to humanize the Great Migration. ... I would definitely recommend this book to everyone because it gives the reader a look into history. ... The Warmth of Other Suns , is the story of my grandparents and great grandparents. ... After reading the book I learned a lot about my own history. ... I am grateful to have been exposed to The Warmth of Other Suns. ...

• Word Count: 845
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry is a revolutionary work for its time. ... Hansberry put blacks in important and serious roles for one of the first times in America's long history. ... He had to make decisions for his family based on his past history and the pressures that the "White" people were putting on him. ...

• Word Count: 518
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• Grade Level: High School

A Persecuted Name: Faulkner's Jesus and Jesus of Nazareth When thinking about history, most people can conjure up some knowledge about the history of Black Americans and Jesus of Nazareth. Manual labor under harsh conditions and a controlled living in society are two ideas that most people associate with the history of black slavery. It is also well known that the white, old south plays a significant part in the history of the Black American's struggles. ... That Evening Sun, by William Faulkner, calls to mind many ideas of history. ... Just the name infers some correlation ...

• Word Count: 1470
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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout history many classes of people have used music as a form of revolution. ... An example of one of these songs would be the Quitting Time song which goes like this Ooooh, the sun going down, And I won't be here long, Ooooh, the sun going down, And I won't be here long. ... This song inspired workers to work until the sun went down. ... In conclusion, music has always had a great impacts on mankind in fact music has a major part of revolutionary movements throughout history. ...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Lorraine Hansberry's drama, A Raisin in the Sun, various characters struggle to find their place in the world, as well as their passions and heritage. ... Beneatha Younger is a young woman growing up during a difficult era in American history. ...

• Word Count: 1948
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In the final couplet, Hughes says this, "Beautiful, also, is the sun. ... Finally the sun which is the center of the sky is compared to the human soul. Without the sun the skies would be dull and lifeless and with out souls humans would be the same. ... As the poems continues to acts almost like a miniature history book written from the slaves point of view. ... The second half of "Freedom's Plow" focuses on thoughts and ideals rather than actual events in American history. ...

• Word Count: 1522
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maya Angelou: Still I Rise Maya Angelo was quoted in an article in Essence: African American Politicians Interviews, as saying " The power that I have first comes directly from being a descendent of people whose powerful history makes me humble. ... She begins in stanza one with "You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies. ... In stanza three she compares her strength and determination (which was derived from her ancestry) to the sun, the moon and the tides. ...

• Word Count: 694
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

American history has been, in essence, a huge struggle for those very principles. ... America has made a history of fighting for the right to have every principle of freedom a part of each person's daily life, in fact, it was the idea of freedom that resulted in the founding of the nation. ... Throughout American history African Americans had been enslaved and mistreated, thought not to be men but property. ... Throughout early American history women had few rights. ...

• Word Count: 2353
• Approx Pages: 9
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"In A Raisin in the Sun", Lorraine Hansberry wants to portray segregation "the self-enforced separation of the whites and the blacks in housing neighborhoods that were legal and widespread throughout the Southern and Northern states of America. ... She tells her mother that "A Raisin in the Sun" is a play that tells the truth about people, Negroes and life and I think it will help a lot of people to understand how we are just as complicated and mixed up as they are " (Adams 1). ... A Raisin in the Sun is a play about dreams and how an individual's dream can come into conflict with ano...

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Oppressive Lives of Early Americans Throughout history many American classes, such as slaves, laborers, and women, were subjected to oppressive conditions, which made them ignorant to the most vital words of our nations Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" (Jefferson p45). ... The slaves were forced to work from sun up, to sun down, while performing horrific tasks. ... When oppression is ...

• Word Count: 1689
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Damion told me that most houses are solar dependants and some people depend on the sun to complete various outdoors and indoors chores. As you can see the solar energy is evidently an inexpensive way to live, but I really cannot see myself where my home-life depends upon the sun, but it is evident that if there was not a sun, we would have no energy. ... Why, because this book gives a reader an understanding of the birth, positive and negative aspects, just a complete history of the "Black Power Years". ... History of Black Power "B...

• Word Count: 3405
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

In correlation with the play, A Raisin in the Sun, the reason that Bennie thought George was a fool is because he represents much of a white man than a black man, and Joseph was the exact opposite. ... Through history and though these words people can see how hard African Americans had to fight to find a decent place to live. ...

• Word Count: 742
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Baldwin uses a personal account of his life and well-known history he lived through to tell his story. ... Her day began before sun up, and did not end until late at night. ... Baldwin's evidence is learned in high school history classes and therefore is known by more people. ...

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

(1-21, w&w) CHAPTER 2 The first line in the poem ("you may write me down in history / with your bitter, twisted lies") refers to the way that attitudes towards African-Americans have been embedded within our nation's history. ... Neither History nor the law was kind to African-American slaves (the 1640 John Punch ruling exemplified the inconsistencies of the time [2-36, W&W]). ... "Out of the huts of history's shame I rise" The "huts of history's shame" in stanza eight also makes an allusion to the oppression that African-American women faced. ... False science ha...

• Word Count: 4173
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• Grade Level: High School

He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. Locke published and reprinted several critical works and books on the history of his people, and made them available to the public. ... The American Negro, His History and Literature; Variation: American Negro, His History and Literature. ... Sun Feb 26 21:38:27 EST 2012. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

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

He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. Locke published and reprinted several critical works and books on the history of his people, and made them available to the public. ... The American Negro, His History and Literature; Variation: American Negro, His History and Literature. ... Sun Feb 26 21:38:27 EST 2012. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

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

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.... Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. ... Any researcher of American history must acknowledge that racism is a highly adaptive system. ...

• Word Count: 4144
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• Has Bibliography

The same Anthology goes on to say that major happenings in the history of African Americans such as the slave trade and the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment are times in which African American people collectively adopted an identity as a path to restoration and healing (Gates and McKay, 1996). ... The importance of this is to understand that when reading a novel such as "A Raisin in the Sun" or "The Souls of Black Folks", you cannot immediately assume that this story represents every single African American family across the United States. ...

• Word Count: 3543
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the one hand, the very positive notion of a Black vision of American life that drew upon the cultural wealth of Black folklore and interpreted the African past along with the realities of Black American history and the day-to-day experience of Black life, did in fact engender images and stylistic approaches that were fresh and new (Collier, 1985). ... "In the history of New York, the significance of the name Harlem has changed from Dutch to Irish to Jewish to Negro (Johnson, 1925)."" ...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When America was discovered in 1492, Europeans soon realised that Africans were more able to work in the hot sun than native Americans and were also easier to identify as slaves than white prisoners because of their skin-colour. ... While Whites looked back proudly on their achievements in history and culture, Blacks were denied their identity. Their kingdoms and complex societies were ignored in the white man's interpretation of history, there were few publications about their culture and history. ...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School