Langston Hughes was one of the most prominent poets of his era and his works are still read and studied today. ... Although the fight for belonging still goes on in America today, it was an almost insurmountable mountain in those days. ... They feel that the general consuming public will be indifferent to the love story of a Negro woman or Jewish woman and since they are in the publishing business to make money, they shy away from such works. ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Back in those days blacks and whites kept separate and each race would help each other out in a time of need. ... So of course if there is a white man being prosecuted the black people will state that he's guilty and it works the same the other way. ...

• Word Count: 1604
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One of his best works was a short story entitled, Notes of a Native Son. ... The reason why this was so disturbing was that this was the North and in the days of slavery, people fought their way out of the South just to get there. ...

• Word Count: 1654
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"I promise you I wrote it. I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). In the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin, he tells about his experience as a white man that changes his pigmentation of...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Celie's dreams never deteriorate and she is eventually delivered from the oppression of her younger days. ... "Black males vehemently denounce both works and cite the film's stereotypical representations....

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6

Towards the end of the play, Charlie works alongside Purlie to place the church in Purlie's name. ... Her childhood days was growing up speaking Spanish with her dad who thought he was Puerto Rican. ...

• Word Count: 1924
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This paper will explore the corporate greed that has plagued hip-hop ever since it became a billion dollar a year industry. Major record labels like Sony and Universal, which are owned by white men, have been intentionally signing rappers that reflect modern minstrel characteristics of blacks to att...

• Word Count: 2443
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate