Woman Work by Maya Angelou In this poem, Angelou depicts the life of an average housewife as she goes through the motions of her everyday routine. This woman has to take care of her children, clean the house, mend clothes, and go shopping for groceries. All of her tasks pile up one ...
In 1861, Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl became the first autobiography published by a female former slave. The book described the sexual exploitation that all too often added to the oppression of slavery for Black women; it also provided an early example of Black ...
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With other works, such as Angelou's 1981 memoir, The Heart of a Woman, flying off shelves, the Pulitzer nominee was a longtime fixture on bestsellers lists. READ MORE: The Meaning Behind Maya Angelou's Poem "Still I Rise" Zora Neale Hurston Getty Images Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) ...
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28. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Buy on Amazon Add to library Adunni’s mother told her that the only way to get a “louding voice” is to have an education. But at fourteen, Adunni’s father sells her to a local man desperate for an heir. Then, when tragedy str...
Introduce students to “Harlem,” the Langston Hughes poem that gave Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun its name, usingLangston Hughes’ “Harlem”video and lesson. Students will analyze the social context and figurative language that made the poem so powerful. ...
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but I’m excited because this is a Black history-making moment. I’ve got my VP-elect-inspired chucks on and my pearls just like all of my Black girlfriends who are either sitting at home in front of a TV while they work or streaming from their tablets surreptitiously from their offices...
An anonymous poem, 'The Runaway', quoted by the Jamaican planter, Matthew Lewis, is perhaps revealing here: Peter was a black boy; Peter, him pull foot one day; Buckra girl, him Peter's joy; Lilly white girl entice him away. Fye, Miss Sally, fye on you! Poor Blacky Peter why ...