The selections "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall shared the properties of social expressions portrayed with literary devices that addressed the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. ... King believed here that if the law is not synchronistically connected to Christianity, western civilization, as well as democracy, then it is no longer a rational law. ...

• Word Count: 675
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography

In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... His crime of violence is as much the crime of the people around him, who stifled his soul and nourished the other, baser side of him that was the only way he had of self-expression. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

A Decade of Negro Self-Expression. ... The critics, like the writers, were monolithic thinkers, some critics considered the literature a "disservice" to African American interests, some praised the freedom of expression and experimentation of the writers; and others called on the conjoining of the literature with political, social, and literary agendas. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

A Decade of Negro Self-Expression. ... The critics, like the writers, were monolithic thinkers, some critics considered the literature a "disservice" to African American interests, some praised the freedom of expression and experimentation of the writers; and others called on the conjoining of the literature with political, social, and literary agendas. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate