To depict the rage he felt towards the injustice that was racism, sexism or sexual exploitation, and colonialism among other things. ... In Hughes poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", he is unmistakably mindful of the foul play and persecution in his general public. " My spirit has developed profound like the streams. ... Langston Hughes may have exceptionally well been one of the world's most remarkable Negro creators of the twentieth century, yet on the other hand nobody is immaculate; everybody has imperfections. ... In Hughes' poem, "The Negro talks about Rivers" where he portray...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" Whitman writes "Behold the silvery river, in it the splashing horses loitering stop to drink, / Behold the brown-faced men, each group, each person, a picture" (Whitman Lines 3-4). ... Whitman uses the "silvery river" in the place of a mirror, the horses that are splashing indicate the freedom that the United States was founded on, and Whitman makes sure to point out that the men on the horses have brown faces indicating his feelings that all "colors" are equal to one another. ... Hughes himself was mulatto, as his father was a product of an interracial backgroun...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

According to Byers, "The poem "A Negro Speaks of River", which marked this development, appeared in the Crisis in 1921" (18). ... For this very same reason a select few African American critics detested his work on the grounds that it portrayed both sides of African American life, not just the good but the bad as well. ... Like many professional athletes, although not one himself, Langston Hughes took his gift of writing and shared it with others. ... Somebody could see Hughes as a proud man or others can view him as a radical man. ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He then found a job as a laborer on a vegetable farm out-side New York City. ... (Rummel 40) In other words, this may make people realize that in fact Hughes wanted to present to society these problems, and hopefully correct them in some way.During his career preparation Langston Hughes valued the teaching of children. ... One of his particularly interesting poems was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"(Haskins 19-20) in which he talks about the African Americans bathing in the Euphrates, building huts by the Congo, and singing of the Mississippi. ... "We" built the pyramids, and we have been around...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The African-American and His Majesty's Army in the Age of the American Revolution "And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, and others, (appertaining to Rebels), free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining His Majesty's Troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing the Colony to a proper sense of their duty, to His majesty's crown and dignity." ... Success will depend on which side can arm the Negroes faster." ... Virginians seethed with anger when Lord Dunmore issued his infamous invitation on the York River. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Racism causes people to act cruelly and in humane towards other. ... The government was convinced the Japanese people were traitors to the United States and they would side with Japan when they got the chance. ... Neighborhood people acted as scavengers and offered outrageously low prices for the Japanese homes, businesses, cars, and other personal belongings. ... There were fifteen different relocation camps that the Japanese people were sent to such as, Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, Poston and Gila River in Arizona, Minidoka in Idaho, Topaz in Utah, Heart Mountain in Wyoming, Amache ...

• Word Count: 2342
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Watson thinks that slaves are the same people who are just being exploited by other people. ... Watson] meant - I must help other people, and do everything I could for other people, and look out for them all the time, and never think about myself. " (pg. 8). ... Watson was the one that told him to help out others and never think about others, but in reality never actually helped Jim while she was alive (she freed Jim only in her will), felt or even thought about feeling sympathetic for him. ... Jim could not risk his only true friend who helped him get lost and possibly drown somewhere in the...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School