Baldwin wrote in "Notes of a Native Son- about his struggles with the hatred that surrounded and almost eventually consumed him. ... Since "Notes of a Native Son- is a personal account of his life, the entire writing is essentially evidence. ... She did not say it with the blunt, derisive hostility to which I had grown accustomed, but rather, with a note of apology in her voice, and fear. ... She jumps from one person and form of evidence to the next so quickly one barely has time to compute the first, before being thrown the second. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I. A Booming Economy A. The Automobile Drives Prosperity 1. Ford Pioneers Mass Production a. Ford did not originate the ideas of mass production b. Early in the century, only city dwellers could afford cars. c. Ransom Olds had introduced a less expensive car, the Oldsmobile in 1901. d. Ford hired...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The most important thing to note about the shift in class structure can be seen by looking at the former behavior of Sutpen and Wash with how they behaved after the war. ... This passage goes on to note how black people laughed and tormented him. ... This would change quickly as the war ended and Sutpen returned home. ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

James Presley notes "one summer in Chicago when he was a teen-ager Langston Hughes felt the American Dream explode in his face; a gang of white youths beat him up so badly that he went home with blacked eyes and a swollen jaw. ... Critics take note that Langston remained unvarying in his spotlight on the problems of racism and the failure of African Americans to recognize the American Dream. ... Clarence wants to bolt out of the house quickly because he doesn't want to have any responsibility for this child who his half black with red hair. ...

• Word Count: 1559
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Quickly growing sick of a life in the military Amiri left the Air force after three years. ... These works where "Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note", a collection poems and "The Baptism" and "The Toilet", two early plays. In the PreFace to Twenty Volume Suicide Note" Amieri showed his sense of despair, alienation, and self - depreciation. ...

• Word Count: 2297
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The "White" Role in the Renaissance stated "Both Spingarn and Vechten were notable supporters of black artists and writers, but their legacies are quick to diverge. ... Hart stated, "He had a most dramatic meeting with his literary idol of the time, Vachel Lindesayhe had a chat with Lindsay and his wife, and was given a gift of Amy Lowell's John Keats, along with a note directing him to study the New Poetry" (Hart 617). ...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The narrator notes that, "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all these things because the town bowed down" (80). ... Janie quickly discovers, however, that not everyone on the tea flats shares her sense of pride and freedom. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

We are given a peak into what they have gone through, and how white people have destroyed their lives and has made the mother into such a distraught and depressed woman, yet she still pushes and carries on for her daughter, just like any family would (although, quick side note, comparing this to stories written by white authors, if the mother is rich, she usually has a nanny, and if not, the mother has been abusive, i.e. ...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate