I rise I rise I rise." ... Robert Church lost his saloon and nearly lost his life. James Wells lost his job... Stereotypes and subconscious responses to African-Americans have been around since slavery, passed down from generation to generation - or, in a sense, "written down in history with bitter, twisted lies." ... "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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Many Whites, who after the end of slavery had lost everything, found it hard to believe that their former slaves should now be equal to them. ... But he was also well aware of the fact that the movement towards this aim depended upon the good will of the ruling Whites. ... He set up several committees to improve the situation of the African-Americans in Montgomery,...

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• Grade Level: High School