African-Americans have had a large part in making valuable contributions to the areas of fine arts and entertainment in our country. Some of the best writers, musicians, actors and performers emerged from their culture to express themselves in a world that has sometimes ignored, belittled or discriminated against them. Many were “pioneers”, of a sort, ...
Push, a debut novel authored by the poet, Sapphire, is written from the viewpoint of an illiterate African-American girl, Precious Jones, whose life is traumatic. With broken English and many misspelled words throughout the novel, Precious refers to herself throughout the book as a “chile”, or child, but lives the life of a woman. She ...
Toni Morrison’s novel Sula, like its title character, defies simplistic interpretation. Both a tale about the intense friendship of its two protagonists, Nel Wright and Sula Peace, and a small, rural black community in Ohio in the throes of economic survival, the novel poses complex and contradictory ideas about identity and self-awareness in the face ...
Oprah Winfrey is a household name in America. When Oprah began to promote book selections as part of the Oprah Book Club, sales skyrocketed for books with Oprah’s seal of approval on them. Oprah’s influence in what people read cannot be underestimated. There are some benefits for choosing a book from Oprah’s Book Club list. ...