"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou is a great piece of literature about the social, cultural, and racial struggles of African Americans during her childhood. It emphasizes the life of blacks vs. whites in Stamps Arkansas during the Depression. Angelou's name was Margu...

Skin color gradations have been a divisive element in the Black community since the inception of the New World. In turn, this element has been instrumental in the disparaging social and economic status of the black populous. Initially the system of slavery in America was established as a means of ec...