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. ... Thinking about Jesus also invokes ideas and feelings about Jesus" persecution and struggles as well. ... By choosing a black man named Jesus for a character in That Evening Sun, Faulkner uncovers and illuminates the relationship between the White Majority of the Old South, and the Roman and Jewish majority at the time of Christ. ... Jesus of Nazareth signifies the same thing in the metaphor...

• Word Count: 1470
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• Grade Level: High School

He also tries to gather an emotional response from his audience with a more religious point of view by accusing the white man of blasphemy on the name of Jesus Christ in saying, "Stripped of verbiage and subterfuge and in its naked nastiness, the new American creed says: Fear to let black men even try to rise lest they become the equals of the white. And this be the land that professes to follow Jesus Christ. ...

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Then when the National Society for Colored Affairs turned their back on him for his communist affiliations, he founded an organization which he believed would help him affect social change "The Resurrected Church of the Black Jesus Christ of America, Incorporated. ... Then when the National Society for Colored Affairs turned their back on him for his communist affiliations, he founded an organization which he believed would help him affect social change "The Resurrected Church of the Black Jesus Christ of America, Incorporated. ...

• Word Count: 1992
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• Grade Level: High School

The Many Aspects of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes, an author of many writings, uses his voice well, the most important tool an author has. To understand Langston Hughes, the reader must first understand the time-period he wrote in, and the movement he was a part of. Hughes was part of the "Har...

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Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet published in the United States. The subject matter in the majority of her poems reflected her religious views and her new life in revolutionary New England. She believed that through finding God in one's life, salvation and mercy would follow. She was constantly overcoming stepping-stones to prove her literary talents and ability. Phillis Wheatley's perseverance and strong character, allowed her to find God in her own life and seek salvation. ...

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The Declaration of Independence of the United States states " We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain enaliable rights, that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." So why then are people of a di...

• Word Count: 2342
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School