1. According to Henry Louis Gates, almost 50% of the Afro-American literary tradition was created when "it's authors and their black readers were either slaves or former slaves". 2. Slave narratives were produced for many reasons. One was to inform others of the hardships that slaves...

A very important element in American culture today is sports, especially amongst blacks. The struggle for blacks to participate in sports was a difficult encounter in the earlier 1900's. However, due to various black leaders, such as Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson, they have open many doors...

"Wonderful Ezenzeleni" For here the blind had eyes given to them. In the outside world they were condemned. For here the blind could make anything without the use of eyes as if they were seeing. For here the blind had eyes that glowed and looked through the mind lighting fire in the ...