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The Great Migration of African Americans during the XXth century initiated a particular series of poets who chose to express their thoughts through writing. What's more, what these poets had to say for themselves and collectively had been a sensible topic among groups of black people living in a most racist era. There was a lot published in the newspapers in those times and not everything was poetry. Letters were received from people seeking to flee from the southern parts of America where nothing good had come to them, no jobs, no shaking of hands, but high prices and a lot of discontents. Articles were covering the pages with an emphasis on the number of people who seemed to have all decided at once to settle someplace else. Out of this widespread phenomenon emerged a cultural movement known unto the name of the Harlem Renaissance, quite a romantic entitlement for what represented quite a major step forward in the history of African American culture. Music, visual arts, literature encapsulated such a particular style that it created the movement by itself.

The Harlem Renaissance was an evolutionary period in terms of African-American cultural expression; in fact, the movement changed the way that black musicians, poets, authors, and even ordinary people perceived themselves. One of the most influential poets of the time was Langston Hughes. Hughes’ works display a pride in being black that most African-Americans are too afraid to show, even today. Moreover, he adamantly refused to submit to the sentiment that he should be ashamed of his heritage, instead believing that “no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.”(p1990 From the Negro Artist). In the article “‘Don’t Turn Back’: Langston Hughes, Barack Obama, and Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Jason Miller, Miller analyzes how Hughes’ poetry has been used by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama and how the House of Un-american Activities Committee affected that use.

During the 1920’s a new movement began to arise. This movement known as the Harlem Renaissance expressed the new African American culture. The new African American culture was expressed through the writing of books, poetry, essays, the playing of music, and through sculptures and paintings. Three poems and their poets express the new African American culture with ease. (Jordan 848-891) The poems also express the position of themselves and other African Americans during this time. “You and Your Whole Race”, “Yet Do I Marvel”, and “The Lynching” are the three poems whose themes are the same. The poets of these poems are, as in order, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude Mckay.

The most effective form of language is the written word. It transcends over time. A poet, or an author, takes his or her views on current social issues and transforms them into words for the public to see. When written well, these words will stand the test of time and be passed on for future generations to see. As a writer, one of their major jobs is a social critic. This allows for the reader to take the author’s views into consideration and form their own opinion on the matter at hand. Two of the authors in the assigned readings that are viewed as social critics include: Mark Twain and Langston Hughes. These authors create works that force the reader to confront social issues that alter the lifestyle in which humans live. One of the major social issues that Americans face is slavery and other’s view on race. After the Civil War, Americans began changing their perspective of slavery. Even in today’s time, Americans war with racism. Many of the author’s that have been assigned recently for weekly readings are African American and express their feelings on slavery. Not only does this allow the reader insight into the mind of the author, but it also helps the reader to grasp the underlying issues that many want to keep buried.

The role of African American literature in recent years has been to illuminate for the modern world the sophistication and beauty inherent in their culture as well as the constant struggle they experience in the oppressive American system. When writers such as Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois and Alice Walker present their material, they manage to convey to a future world the great depth of feeling and meaning their particular culture retained as compared with the culture of their white counterparts. Without this attempt at preservation, much of the richness of this community might have been lost or forgotten. At the same time, they illuminated some of the problems inherent within their society, including lack of education, lack of

In the American version of a democratic system, a handful of extremely wealthy individuals and large corporations control the political system. By "funding" or bribing the candidates, they directly influence the election and nominations of presidents, governors, senators and congress members. The money is used for campaign staff, door to door voting operations, and television advertising. The continued influence of the wealthy violates the basic principle of democratic political equality.This cynical political campaign has become part of the democratic system that the politicians are not even required to justify their action. Even though a truly democratic system is too perfect to exist, a corrupted political system destroys the hope for a system that has the public's interest in mind.

Every cultural movement has its genesis and its icon. The genesis of mid-twentieth century America’s African cultural movement was Harlem, and out of love for Harlem and its people came its “poet laureate” Langston Hughes (Davis 276). One cannot conduct any scholarly investigation of Harlem without encountering a barrage of information regarding Langston Hughes. Likewise, one cannot study Langston Hughes without encountering Harlem. When Langston Hughes first experienced Harlem, he had a reaction that would profoundly impact his writing for the rest of his life: “I can never put into words the underground ride to Harlem. I went up the stairs and out into the bright September sunlight. Harlem! I stood there, dropped my bags, took a deep

Independent mayoral candidate Bo Dietl is informing New Yorkers if elected mayor of New York City, he can “work really well with the governor” of New York, as well as President Donald Trump instead of bashing them like Mayor de Blasio has done.

Literature is an incredibly effective way for writers to express their thoughts and comment on the issues relevant to their lives personally as well as society as a whole. Each genre presents a different way to convey a writer’s ideas. The purpose of a formal speech is to comment on an important topic in society that’s causing concern. Frequently utilized by respected civil rights activist Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his genre is used to inform, persuade, entertain or incite action on this particular subject. Poetry as employed by Irish Catholic poet, Seamus Heaney, captures a writer’s ideas and life experiences for readers to find significance in the way they present them. Dr. King’s use of formal speech as well as Seamus Heaney’s poetry reveal the

“America is the land of freedom,” they say. “Respectful to all,” they say. “American Dream,” they say. Quite often when people talk of America, they usually mention all of the great perks of living here, the freedom we have, or ability to pursue happiness. Although living in America today does include an enormous list of amazing benefits, it would be wrong to forget what made America what it is today. Looking back on the history of America, times were not always as simple or fair. During the birth of America, many groups of people were mistreated such as Native Americans, African Americans, and women. Because these different groups of people were oppressed, they were in constant search for hope. Often, those who were oppressed found their hope through the works of different writings or ideas circulating. The hope received through various writings and ideas kept oppressed groups fighting for equality and what they believed was right. American Literature, before 1865, reflects on and shapes the values that make up American identity and culture. In their texts, American writers used the main issue of struggle--normally shown through slavery--to become relatable and spread the facts about events that were occurring leading up to the end of the American Civil War. After mentioning a struggle in their texts, it was common for writers to provide hope or advice for those who were going through the struggle. The hope shown through writings not only helped the oppressed, but it also

Literature is an imitation of societal values and is thus a reflection of the human experience of a time period. Written works emphasize the elements of culture, by means of characters, particular events, setting and theme, specific to the time period in which it was composed. Furthermore, literature mirrors the troubles or hardships of society and projects the core values that define said society. Thus, as culture has changed over time, literature has remained a critical facet in representing time periods of the past. Essentially, the culture of a time period is manifested through writing in the projection of society’s values, symbolism of the center of community and literature itself.

African American literature is the body of work produced in the United States by writers of African descent. This particular genre traces back to the works from the late eighteenth century by writers such as Phillis Wheatley to later reaching early high points with slave narratives and the Harlem Renaissance, and thus continuing today with authors such as Colson Whitehead and Maya Angelou. Among the themes and issues explored within African American literature are the roles of African Americans within the larger American society, African-American culture, racism, slavery, and equality. African American writing has also tended to incorporate oral forms such as spirituals, gospel music, jazz, and rap. Dating back to the pre-Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative dialogue with American letters. The result is a literature rich in culture and social insight. These pieces offer illuminating assessments of American identities as well as its history. Since the time of early slavery African American literature has been overlooked within the literature criticism. This essay thrives to show that within the English profession African American literature does belong alongside the great works such as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and poetry as A Road less taken by Robert Frost. I will dive deep into history to not only investigate what critics think about African American literature, but why is it not held to a higher standard just as American

Political corruption has existed throughout the ages. It believed to be most prominent in positions of power, because of the role money plays in getting people power. However, over the centuries, corruption has changed so much so as to not match a particular definition of corruption, perpetually growing deceptively harder to find (Ebbe).

The issue of political corruption is as persistent as it is prevalent; that is to say, it exists ambiguously, politically, and in undefined terms. Generally, political corruption is understood to mean a breach of the public trust in the course of a politician’s duties (Huigens 2010). In any democracy that is truly ‘for the people by the people,’ it should be easy to weed out the corrupt politicians. That said, the corruption of any one politician does not always translate to a different election outcome and some electors may benefit from a corrupt representative (Ionescu 2013). This is because of the ambiguous and political environment in which political corruption occurs. Since politicians have the power to create laws, they do not willingly create laws that criminalize their actions. This has led for the expansion of ‘honest services mail fraud’ by the courts to include politicians’ actions (Huigens 2010). However, the courts have not always been consistent. Sometimes actions of the courts create strain on a politician such that they could not get elected without first getting corrupted (Issacharoff 2010). This process has the effect of shifting representatives’ power from the people to corporations (Evertsson 2013). Still, with a high profile enough case, a corrupt politician can be outrooted by the ballot box (Ionescu 2015). However, organizational deviance has a causal effect on relevant actors (Tatham 2016) especially when the issue is as widespread as Mr. Silver

The United States of America is a country constantly in a state of transition, whether it be our leaders, our ideals, or our laws. America before the Civil War very much resembled change due to the building of a nation, but also of the ideals of a nation. Somehow along the way these ideals converged, leading to conflict. However, one thing that has remained constant is American literature, and the popularity of literature in America. American Literature is a reflection of the fundamental right of Americans to protest against their government and express their grievances. The idea of the freedom of speech has been crucial to this development. Without this right, American Literature would look much different. American Literature is unique in