African literature

oppressors, African American authors have tailored Christianity to the needs of the race through biblical allusions and references. In The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, Allen Dwight Callahan argues that African-American literature is fundamentally impacted by African American interpretation of the Bible (). He states that African American literature does not “begin with writing”, but instead that it “begins with religion [Christianity]” (). Allusions to the Bible in African…

experiences throughout the years to the most of the contexts and novels I have read in this class, African American Culture. The course was examined some of the major debates and central tests of African American literature from many different perspectives. The central theme of the course was the relationship between race, representation, and identity. The most of the representatives of African American literature were addressing the racial discrimination issues and trying to…

Review of the Literature A recent study conducted by Education Trust (2016) found that over the past decade, graduation rates for African American students improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for white students. However, because completion rates of African American students progressed at a slower and lower rate the graduation gap has grown. Of the 232 institutions studied 68.5 percent of the institutions had an African American student graduation rate increase, while 31.5 percent of…

Literature Review Within this literature review, the focus is to show the suicide rates amongst African-Americans. Hispanic females in America have the highest rates of students who tried suicide in the nation, with a 12.8% prevalence rate. African-Americans, on the other hand, have a rate of 10.2% (CDC, 2015). This review will present three major sociocultural factors affecting African-Americans: the male population, female population, and youth population. African-Americans make up 12% of the…

During the Fall semester of the 2015, I was a part of Dr. Charles Tita’s African American Literature class. Originally, I took the class to fill up my credit hours as well fulfill a prerequisite for my major. The first day of class was like many others and I believed this would be just another “read and respond” class. As the semester moved along, I quickly realized that this class would not be like the others but instead be something new and different. Unlike other classes where professors…

essential moments in African American literature. It encouraged and motivated African Americans to form their very own publishing companies and magazines as well as numerous institutions of the arts. The movement was also believed to have inspired the formation of African American Studies classes at universities and colleges throughout the United States (Rojas 2147). The Black Arts Movement was also thought to have been initiated by Malcolm X’s assassination (Salaam). In literature, some of…

cruel institution, was established in the United States, and 152 years after slavery was abolished in the 13th amendment of the US Constitution, we still see African Americans fighting for basic civil rights. The struggle for civil rights is a continuing fight that has evolved and improved over time, especially because of African American literature. There are numerous writers whose stories have shaped not only the civil rights movement, but our society today. Because of books and poetry that…

Women A review of the literature revealed a noticeable absence of research that focuses on the experiences of African American women who have advanced into leadership positions (Parker, 2005; Stanley, 2009; Bell, 1990). It is imperative for organizations to identify and develop female leaders who can work effectively across organizational and geographic boundaries. It is important that today’s organizations have the ability to identify a diverse workforce which will include African American…

of the teaching force reveal the declining numbers of African-American teachers. Statistics show that chronically the numbers of African-Americans teachers have declined. After the First World War II, 79% of African-American women who worked after college graduation were educators (Murnane, Singer, Willet &Olsen, 1991). In the 1950s, one half of all African-American professionals were teachers (Fosters, 1989) and in the mid-1980s, 23% of African-American women who worked after college graduation…

studying the self-perceptions of African American women. They explore the reasons why African American women have low confidence in their appearance. The authors tied this problem to mass media and members within the African American community. Through their efforts, African American women have gained more confidence in themselves since the early 2000s, but the presence of Eurocentric beauty standards still impact African American’s mental and physical health. When African American women…