3-12. Kelly‚ Ernice B. Harvard Educational Review. 1970: Excerpted and reprinted in Contemporary Matzu‚ Roger‚ ed. “Maya Angelou.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. 64. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 23-24. “Maya Angelou.”Poets.org. 2008. The Academy of American Poets. 21 March. 2008 http://poets.org Neubauer‚ Carol E. “Maya Angelou and Carol E. Neubauer‚ in an interview.” The Massachusetts Ed. Roger Matzu. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 1991. 38-40. Phelps‚ Shirelle‚ ed. “Maya Angelou.” Contemporary Literary Criticism
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honors blacks and the way the American people have mistreated them. They were not treated as equals like they should have been and had to work harder to overcome. “These men who were educated and ordained here in the United States opened the door for the rest of us. Because of what they did‚ we can do what we do‚” added Father Taylor‚ who is pastor of the Church of the Holy Angels in Indianapolis (blackpast.org). Celebrating black history month is a way Americans say that they are sorry for the
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says there is death and life in the power of the tongue. Words can either be used to edify‚ uplift and encourage or they can be used to tear down‚ demoralize and debase. Which do you choose? In this essay I will attempt to analyze how African Americans have reclaimed a term that has been used for numerous years to negatively characterize their race and them as people. By changing the spelling of nigger to nigga and using it to express positive attributes such as brotherhood and inclusion it has
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aversive racism lies in contrast to the image that her husband tries to portray at work. As Rick is running for a specific job and needs the support of African American voters‚ his public relations team strategically publicizes images of Rick to appear more appealing to the African American community. While it is okay to be seen with African Americans for the sake of publicity‚ authentic interaction with members of this culture is less desirable when not in front of a camera. This was shown in the way that
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Baldwin’s Letter to my nephew fall into different literature categories. The first work is a poem and the second is an article written in the form of a letter. But these writings have several similarities. First‚ both works were created by African-American writers. They also address the same topic of marginalization and people’s reaction to this process. Authors made similar comments about the anxiety caused by the destruction of usual environment. “When the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise
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are coming to face the fact quite calmly that most white Americans do not like them‚ and are planning neither for their survival‚ nor their definite future" W.E.B. DuBois "A Negro Nation within the Nation" The Premise: Black Nationalism is a pragmatic solution for the success and survival of the oppressed African Americans. The Argument: Black Nationalism is defined by Karenga‚ as the political belief and practice of African Americans as a distinct people with a distinct historical personality
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The civil rights movement of the 1950s brought to light the atrocities and trials that the African Americans were put through on a daily basis. Malcolm X‚ an influential speaker and proponent of this movement‚ invigorates all people to stand up for justice and fight for proper civil rights. Through his rhetorical choices of sentence length‚ vivid imagery‚ symbolism and historical examples‚ X develops the three persuasive appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos. Malcolm X attacks the white man for the hardships
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According to Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps book‚ Black hair‚ what motivated African Americans to attempt to straighten their hair stems from their desire to “emulate European standards of beauty‚ dress‚ and behavior” (26). This was because their importance were not their education and training‚ but the way they presented themselves that mattered to society. Due to this‚ businesses started exploited their eagerness to counter the main stream stigma- even black entrepreneurs. In the early 1900s
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Elizabeth Catlett‚ born in 1919‚ American sculptor and printmaker‚ whose figures of African Americans in wood‚ marble‚ and bronze convey dignity and pride. Throughout her career‚ Catlett has focused on themes relating to the black woman’s experience‚ and mother and child form the subject of many of her works. Her lithographs and other prints also celebrate the contributions of black women‚ such as Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman‚ to African American history. Catlett’s style has remained
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During the missionary circle‚ Mrs. Merriwether says “...Just ruins your day to have one of em’ in the kitchen…” Mrs. Merriweather is regarding the African- American maids that work in homes of white people. A great amount of them are purposely not working as hard anymore‚ although they did not boycott working because they were too fearful of losing their jobs. This act is just a speck in the universe‚ but forged
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