Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is a sorority founded by five African American women on January 16, 1920. The founders – Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, Fannie Pettie Watts and Pearl Anna Neal – are affectionately referred to as “the Five Pearls” by members of this prestigious international organization. The sorority ...
She Said it in a Song “Jurden Water, black an’ col Chills de body, not de soul An’ Ah wantah cross Jurden in a calm time” (718). The lines of this hymn tell us of Delia’s troubles, Syke being her black and cold tormentor making her time with him the trying Jurden waters that she ...
“Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece.” ~Author Unknown Richard Wilbur once wrote a poem called “The Writer” about his young daughter who aspired to be a writer. When she was in the writing process, she was progressive moving on the path towards success. ...
Mules and Men is broken into two parts. The first part is a compilation of folktales, often called “lies” by the tellers, collected by Zora Neale Hurston during time spent in and near her hometown of Eatonville, Florida. The second part of the book is a compilation of information the author learned under the study ...
The Harlem Renaissance is a term used to distinguish the African American cultural explosion that happened in the 1920s through the 1930s in the Harlem area of New York city. Among the many artists who helped give rise to the Harlem Renaissance were several writers who remain well known and respected to this day. Here ...
For me, the word “mother” is synonymous with love. It is indeed from my mother’s example that I learned what it truly means to have unconditional love for another human being. There for every major milestone and setback that I have ever experienced, my mother has been my coach, teammate and cheerleader in the game ...
In her short story “Sweat,” Zora Neale Hurton uses character and metaphor to apply moral certitude in an uncertain universe. Her character Delia Jones is a lonely figure of moral correctness in the face of evil, in this case, her husband Sykes, who represents the temptations she has been fighting in her battle against good ...