And this is the way I look at the poems and short stories like Langston Hughes or Zara Neal Hurston wrote. ... But there is no clear evidence that the Harlem Renaissance started exactly at this time because there are scholars who see a poem by W.E.B. ... And I think the creativity of writing a poem, story or musical comes exactly from this state of mind. ... The steady loss of orientation of the social and political position of African Americans in America and the growing exodus of blacks from their homes in the south to the northern cities are issues that the Harlem writers tried to work thro...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2 then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. ...

• Word Count: 3126
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

• Word Count: 7127
• Approx Pages: 29
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Blood On the Tracks: The Pain and Hope of America's Workers "America I've given you all and now I"m nothing." -Allan Ginsberg, "America" (1956) Allan Ginsberg was not part of the baby boomer generation that made rock-n-roll famous. He was born in New Jersey in 1926, so his generation was ...

• Word Count: 2820
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School