Similarly, 70 percent of the drivers stopped on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Maryland from January 1995 to September 1996 were black, despite the fact that blacks made up just 6 17 percent of the drivers (of all speeds) on that road. ...
Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The position of African Americans in the leading society of the United States of America has not been an easy one. African Americans needed to find a new identity in the New World and were considered an underclass for a long time. In literature, African American writers have been telling the story of their...
Some people are born to be certain things in life. Some are born to be doctors, some are born to be lawyers, some perhaps engineers or teachers. Some altogether different like Martin Luther King Jr. are born to be revolutionary leaders. Destined to fill the void of support for a race of people, who having been kicked in the teeth for so many years, were finally willing to rid their lives of oppression and to stand up and be counted, not just in the eyes of the law, but in the hearts of the people. It was never going to be easy. ...
The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. As Americans, we pride ourselves on the concept that our ancestors fought tooth and nail for our freedom and we should never forget that concept. We pride ourselves on looking back through our history books and reading about how our forefathers have continuously stood up to the most powerful, unjust, and tyrannical nations so that the world may be able to experience the fore granted notion of freedom. When the grip on the throat of the new Americans became too muc...
Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. One race that had a significant role in the construction, molding and forming of Canada is the Black people and they really are not ever shown any gratitude for w...
Albert King once stated: "The Blues its twelve-bar, bent-note melody is the anthem of a race bonding itself together with cries of shared self victimization and trouble, which are always present, and always the result of others, pressing upon unfortunate and down trodden poor souls." The music wit...
Song of Solomon CHARACTERS: Macon "Milkman" Dead - the protagonist of the novel. He is a young African-American man who begins trying to escape from family ties and ends by embracing them. Macon Dead - Milkman's father. He is a landlord of poor housing. Pilate Dead - Macon's sister. She...
"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. (Alexander 20). W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. In many schools ac...
