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 * Topic: Waynes World **
 * Not many rappers today can call themselves rappers of society. One of the few rappers that capture true life within his lyrics is Rapper Lil'Wayne. Lil'Wayne is one of the best rappers out there capturing events that African Americans go through, Life in the ghetto, The government, In-equality, etc. Lil'Wayne ft Eminem's "Drop The World" is one of the best descriptive songs that Wayne has produced. This song Shows the pain Wayne has endoured to rise up to the successful rapper that he is today. **
 * Jacqueline Johnson **

Topic: Malcolm compared to Janie While in Mecca, Malcolm experienced something not many get to, but all should, equality. He loved that “Every one of the thousands at the airport, about to leave to Jedda, was dressed this way. You could be a king or a peasant and no one would know.” He said people “were smiling at me, treating me with the same honor and respect I had received since I left America.”(Haley, 331) Malcolm was finally accepted -Tyre Miles

Topic: A lesson before dying His character was silenced but through him I voice; //I am All Black Everything and fully capable at any time to be, but self-restrained from showing any beastly qualities rather, remaining humble and kind in the face of my peoples molestation. We reserve the right to refuse all undignified attitudes toward our people and take with us the notion that we are all four legged creatures. You humans are inhumane. We are the innocent bystanders of cruelty and injustice. We will show you defiance in the strength or our character. So, be deeply ashamed…and at that time, by your hands, when we fall; we shall rise.// //-Edward Fernandez//

In order to heal one must let go of hurt and pain, and be redirect towards a positive outlet. People often use the art of music as an outlet listened to when trying to replace their negative feelings with something peaceful and expressive. It’s important to express your true feelings when healing no matter how you express yourself. Music expresses feelings that you may be experiencing, and also gives the listener hope of overcoming their depression. -KIAH ROTHSCHILD

Topic: Poem analysis for Strong Men by Sterling Brown // Strong Men // by Sterling Allen Brown is about the struggles and perservering attitude that has been placed on the black community. Within these burdens, he also articulates the hope, and endurance that black people have chosen to strive for in t he midst of their struggles. -Michelle Hopson

African American Writers Analysis (Paper #3) Manning Marable & Alex Haley

"Many have criticized his style of writing for being too bland and not as direct as other writers who utilize the same theme. In other words, clear differences between how Manning Marable portrays Malcolm and Alex Haley do exist." -Benjamin Gonzalez

Poem analysis for "Memphis Blues" by Sterling A. Brown //Memphis Blues by Sterling A. Brown is about how the city of Memphis has withstood the test of time. The black community has been in Memphis since it's inception and how they, like the city, will persevere through its trials and tribulations, and come out victorious.// //-Othilia Figueroa//

Topic: Loss and Grief I will be correlating loss and grief with the film "Raisin in the Sun." Loss and grief play a significant role in the family. It also determines the livelyhood of there future and there childrens future. -Anthony Martinez

Slavery was a time when black people were looked upon as a piece of property and their purpose here on earth was to serve and obey white society. Have you ever wondered what will happen if you had the opportunity to journey back in time? Would you have the strength to endure the cruel treatment that was placed upon the black society during the slave era? In Octavia Butler’s novel entitled //Kindred// tells the story of a young African-American woman, Dana, and her journey traveling back and forth between the present and Slavery time. In the story, she has no control over when she goes or comes back, making her relay on her own strength in order to survive. Butler’s main focus is on how Dana has to learn how to find the strength within her-self to endure the cruel treatment and manipulation in her relationship with Rufus and the other members on the plantation to survive each journey she goes on. Her style of writing allows for the reader to imagine the fear and confusion that this young lady was experiencing coming from the nineteenth century and being forced back in time to the eighteenth century. Butler agrees when she writes, ‘I had worried that I was keeping too much distance between myself and this alien time. Now there was no distance at all’ (221). When had I stopped acting? Why had I stopped Rosiland Duffey

Topic: Love and Nurturing leads to success I will be analyzing a song by Drake off his new album Take Care called Look What You've Done. It's about the people that took care of him as a child like his mother and uncle that led him in the right path to be successful. Through them being there for him it made his drive to be successful even stronger. -Peter Bowie

Topic : Love and Success Through their lyrics one can interpret a huge amount of love and Success. Both rappers Drake and Lil Wayne have exhibited these two emotions through their music which has had a massive impact on the Hip Hop industry. Lil Wayne has portrayed much violence in his music which reflects much of the African American community. Looking closely at his Lyrics, he stands as a voice for the African American community. Drake on the other hand, portrays much success in his lyrics effecting th African American community as well. - Courtnei Johnson Love and success Tupac is one of the best knowed rappers around. His songs dont only tell a story but give advice as well. Carlos Flores

Topic: Racism Inequalities Although slavery is over, unfortunately racism still exists. This is related with Sethe in this story by Toni Morrison. Racism was the main cause that brought Sethe to act the way she acted when she killed her baby, Beloved. She was humiliated and raped by white people when she lived in the Sweet Home. Just as any other mother would want to protect her children, she figures out that killing Beloved would be the best decision to protect her. She did not want Beloved to be raped as she was. Because Sethe had experienced racism in the past at Sweet Home, she made the decision to kill her baby thinking that it would be the best thing for her child. Juan Gastelum

Topic: identity and african american love Her book starts with a poem called, “The Event”, and it is about when her grandfather Thomas traveled out of Tennessee to Akron, Ohio with his friend Lem on a steamboat with this instrument called a mandolin, which is a little weird shaped instrument that he played and carried. This is one of my favorite poems because in this poem is where she first identifies her grandparents as “Negroes” which identifies them as being African American. This is also the beginning of how Thomas started his adventure Akron, Ohio and eventually meeting her grandmother, Beulah and began their relationship. This poem showed the identity and connection between Thomas and Beulah. The poem also showed how in love they were. They traveled from Tennessee to Ohio with only according to Dove, “good looks and a mandolin,” There was much identity in this poem, like the mandolin. Mandolins were usually incorporated in Swahili songs so it definitely ties it back to Africa giving that since of African culture. Also there was identity when she referred them as Negroes, back then that what black people identify themselves as. Not because it was cool, but because that what society identified them ass. Calling them Negroes really gave a time setting to the book. Here is an excerpt from “The Event”, Aundrane Fletcher

Topic: Family/Generational Ties

This strong value in family for African Americans can even be traced back almost 200 years. “If it were not for strong kinship bond, Black men and women would have not survived the physical and physic atrocities of slavery…” (Johnson, Staples 245) Often times during slavery the family would be separated into different areas. “Only deep affection could motivate runaway slaves, repeatedly risking their lives by returning to slave territory in hopes of rescuing blood and in law relatives.” (Johnson, Staples 245) This perseverance and determination to find their loved ones shows how valuable family is to them. Even when slavery ended, “freedmen searched frantically for family members separated by slavery. Some wrote Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance in locating loved ones.”(McAdoo 4) After long years of being separated and not even knowing if there loved ones managed to survive is a hard issue to deal with, but these freed slaves continued in hope and desperation looking for their family. They longed for unity, a need to feel whole ‘As one’.

-Dorothy Kolen

Topic: Unity/Community It wasn’t long before the party gained support throughout the country and Black Panther Party charters in other cities started forming. The party also started a number of positive social programs in the community that have influenced many similar programs today. Programs like free food to children, a program in which members of the party would feed poverty stricken children everyday before they went to school. The free health clinic provided free health care to those in need and laid the blueprint for other organizations like the American Indian Movement to start free health clinics of their own. One of the most influential programs that the party implemented was the sickle cell anemia research foundation. In the 70s sickle cell anemia was known in the medical community but there were no efforts made to help those with the disease. Since the sickle cell anemia trait is a common trait in the black community, the party declared that the lack of help that people with the trait get is the white people’s way of trying to kill off the black community. The party educated itself on the disease and soon after started administering free tests for the sickle cell trait at its free clinics. Other organization’s followed suit and eventually President Nixon got involved with the effort and requested $6 million from congress to fight the disease. -Jayla Tunstall

Topic: Strength and Endurance and Gender roles I compared Malcolm X and Janie in terms of the strength they had to maintain in order to live with the life they endured. Malcolm with his change in faith and strength to continue doing what he felt was right despite the threats against his life. And Janie with the struggle of finding love and someone to properly love her in return. With that I also believe that gender roles had a large part in the strength, endurances and life in general. Malcolm had the responsibility and stereotype of not only a man, but a black one to amount to. In some sense he was excpected to be a nothing, unsuccessful jail bird, but also a family man who needed to provide and be a good exampke to those who looked up to him especually his kids. Then Janie was raised and taught to look forward to marriage despite if love was there or not it was just what needed to be done sadly. She even began to think that woman have their place in a relationship and so do the men. She was not independant and able to act freely. There was also the stereotype in her gender role. -Maxine King