Category: African American

  • What Effect Did the World War II Wartime Experience Have on African Americans?

    World War II was a drastic armed conflict that took the lives of 3% of the world’s population. The majority of estimated deaths occurred due to confrontation, but the rest are connected to famine and war-related diseases. World War II was the battle of all races: white, Asian, and Black people. This essay will discover…

  • African American Soldiers and the Civil War

    African American soldiers played an essential role in the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Civil War was the war between States – the Union and the Confederate, the North and the South. It began because the South wanted to secede, but the North did not agree. The white Northerners accepted emancipation and allowed African Americans…

  • Analysis of Three Poems Written by African Americans

    Literary works created by African American writers during the era of angry social complaints against racial profiling share many similarities in terms of structure and themes. This interrelationship has resulted in literature characterized by expressive social insight, providing informative evaluations of American histories and identities. Moreover, the black American literature has played a critical role…

  • African American Students’ Civil Rights History

    Introduction The Civil Rights movement in the United States has a long history. Starting in the 1950s, this social impetus for change implied taking direct action; it was primarily focused on the realm of education, although its proponents also addressed other areas where African American people were experiencing severe discrimination and segregation.1 In retrospect, the…

  • The Civil War and the Status of African Americans

    One of the conflicts, which led to the Civil War in the 19th century, addressed the existence of slavery on the territory of the United States. Although, according to the Constitution of that time, slavery was considered to be legal, president Abraham Lincoln comprehended that it presented a pressing concern. He was also aware of…

  • Zora Neale Hurston and African American

    In 1917s, the great migration of the black community from the South part of the U.S. caused over 1.5 million African Americans to move in just 25 years. People were running from poverty, peonage, stagnant wages, and violence they experienced in Jim Crow. Also, natural disasters such as floods, withering of crops forced African Americans…

  • African Americans’ and Southern Whites’ Freedom

    The relation to freedom from African Americans and Southern Whites has always been different, and each race could not understand and accept the ideas of their opponents. However, there were many supporters from the side of African Americans and Southern Whites, who could defend the point of view of different parties. However, the tension between…

  • Southern and African American Literature’s Characteristics

    Both Southern and African American Literature have distinct characteristics that make them recognizable. On the one hand, there are the traditional and family-oriented Southern themes, with emphasis on concrete imagery, grotesque humor, and the Southern gothic. Some examples of this can be seen in Eudora Welty’s Petrified Man as the story reveals that the petrified…

  • Different Roles in African American Literature

    Introduction In both “We shall overcome” and Martin Luther King’s speech, there are different roles accorded to African American women of that time. “We shall Overcome” is a hymn that outlines the many odds that people of African American decency underwent during those days when the whites viewed blacks as fewer beings. Based on that…

  • Religion and Its Role Among African Americans

    Religion is subjective and plays different roles for varying groups of people. Some individuals practice religion because of family traditions and others because of their strong belief in the afterlife. The difference in such factors leads to variations in how worshiping affects people’s lives. For African Americans, religion has had many implications in terms of…