He writes of how something as simple and innocent as taking a late night stroll subjected him to the racism and fear of others, and of how his everyday life was under continuous scrutiny by a white society that both feared and misunderstood him. ... Writing from the perspective of a black man, Staples makes his point right away in the essay by describing an encounter with a white woman while he is out for a late night walk. ... When he walks about at night he whistles classical music scores to signal that he is cultured and harmless. ... Writing from the perspective of a black man, Stapl...

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That night as he tended his injuries young Hughes must have mused disturbed thoughts about fulfillment of his American dream of freedom, justice, and opportunity for all," (James Presley," The American Dream of Langston Hughes" par 1-2). ... "Thank You M'am" begins around 11 o"clock at night. ... Betsy and Clarence get together and planed to do some crazy things that night. They share a few drinks until the night is ruined when Betsy's "red-headed child" peeps his head into the room and is seen by Clarence. ...

• Word Count: 1559
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• Grade Level: High School

The first couplet compares the dark yet beautiful night to his peoples" faces. The next shows that just as the stars illuminate the night sky, his peoples" eyes also light up their faces. ... The night sky which is like the backdrop of space is equivalent to the face of a Negro. ... When all these components are added to each other the result is the glorious night sky sparkling with stars, bright due to the suns reflection on them. ...

• Word Count: 1522
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The youth of Hughes is brought out by his poem "Harlem Night Club-, a piece that describes living in the moment. ... "Harlem Night Club- is unique in that it describes the integration of blacks and whites in a positive tone. ... Like the earlier poem "Harlem Night Club-, it is a fast-paced, forceful piece. ...

• Word Count: 1313
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They initially have a very surprising and sweet rapport: "That night they talked. ... Perhaps he was aware of the abnegation in it: the imperious and fierce urgency that concealed an actual despair at frustrate and irrevocable years, which she appeared to compensate each night as if she believed that it would be the last night on earth by damming herself forever to the hell of her forefathers, by living not alone in sin but in filth...

• Word Count: 1750
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Becoming more strident, the group now articulated opposition to "Niggers, Catholics, Jews...dope, bootlegging, graft, night clubs and road houses, violation of the Sabbath, unfair business dealings, sex and scandalous behavior." ... If it takes all night, I"ll get you so count on it" (38). As John is walking down the street one night minding his own business a white teenager all of a sudden starts to chase John down the street and starts to harass him. ...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Grade Level: High School

Nanny was able to send her child to school and thing were looking good when one night after school Janie's mother didn't come home. ... Janie put Killicks fears out into the open one night by asking what he would do if she left him. ...

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Book summary - Up From Slavery The book, Up From Slavery, written by Booker Taliaferro Washington, profoundly touched me when I read it. Washington accomplished many amazing obstacles throughout his life. He became perhaps the most prominent black leader of his time. Blacks could gain equality by im...

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Benjamin Banneker was an African American that invented many products and practices that we still employ today. He walked and worked among our Founding Fathers, and paved the way for many African Americans that have contributed to the adaptation of the political, social, and economic structures wit...

• Word Count: 1655
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Parks, with your permission we can break down segregation on the bus with your case. " She agreed and later that night Jo Ann Robinson put plays of a one-day boycott. ... The worst single night of violence occurred on January 10, 1957, a few weeks after the end of the boycott and segregated seating on buses. ...

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Finally, the narrator sees, within the patterns and shapes, her own fate: "By moonlight-the moon shines in all night when there is a moon-I wouldn't know it was the same paper. At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candlelight, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! ...

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Finally, the narrator sees, within the patterns and shapes, her own fate: "By moonlight-the moon shines in all night when there is a moon-I wouldn't know it was the same paper. At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candlelight, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! ...

• Word Count: 1543
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• Grade Level: High School

Some of the other men who worked with him told stories at the campfire at night of men who made forty cents an hour. ... Jeremiah was so excited he could hardly keep quite while sneaking off to the train station that night. ...

• Word Count: 1488
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• Grade Level: High School

Some of the other men who worked with him told stories at the campfire at night of men who made forty cents an hour. ... Jeremiah was so excited he could hardly keep quite while sneaking off to the train station that night. ...

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Symbolism in Ralph Ellison "Battle Royal". "Battle Royal," by Ralph Ellison was a very difficult piece of literature for me to understand since I didn't grow up in the african american society. One boy is invited to speak at local men's club where he will deliver his graduation spee...

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Biologically speaking there is only one kind of race in the world, the human race. All humans are different in one-way or another, whether its size, shape, or color. Many people find themselves to be unsure or unaware of what it really means to identify with their race or ethnicity. Some feel that t...

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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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In the song Tupac says "You picked the wrong guy, baby, if you're too fly/ you need to hit the door, search for a new guy/ cause I only got one night in town/ break out or be clowned, baby doll are you down?... He is straight forward in letting the female know that their sexual relations with one another will only be a one-night stand, and that if she doesn't have sex with him he will make a fool of her. ...

• Word Count: 1900
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But Pecola cannon escape her loveless home anymore than she can hide from a community, which shuns her for inherited ugliness, even though she vainly tried: "Each night, without fail, she prays for blue eyes- (Morrison 40) She does however, disrupt her reverie long enough to wonder why she is shunned: "Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and classmates alike."" ...

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Has Gospel Music Gone to Far Changed? Being that the church is the cornerstone for gospel music, the songs adopted into hymnals sung by both choir and congregations passed from generation to generation. The change in gospel music has effected today's youth that have shown interest in the up be...

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In the 1984 version of Footloose, directed by Herbert Ross, there are many similarities between Footloose and the Civil Rights. Just to name a few, the parents are similar to the white people who did not like the African Americans and the teenagers dancing represented the African Americans who wante...

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Langston Hughes Langston Hughes opened his first volume of poems with the expression of his- and every Negro's- "soul world": "I am a Negro: /Black as the night is black, /Black like the depths of my Africa" (Emanuel 17). ...

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I will be doing an essay on African American theater history. I don't really know much about this topic, but when I am finished, I hope that I have learned a lot. I know that it has been around for hundreds of years and when you are done reading this essay, I hope you have learned a lot. It was k...

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Coming of Age in Mississippi, is heartbreaking story of Anne Moody's unbreakable spirit throughout the first nineteen years of her life. Anne writes about the unspeakable treatment that was socially imposed on African Americans, otherwise known as the Jim Crowe laws. Through the time of young ages ...

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"Well, OK, it seems to always fall on me to tell the truth and, hey, I don't mind. It's not nearly as bad a job as some people think- (Giovanni, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles). Nikki Yolande Giovanni is one of America's most recent poets who gained fame as a writer during the 1060s. Nikki Giovanni, ...

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• Grade Level: High School