Angela Davis's Influence On African American Culture

“Coming of Age in Mississippi”, a memoir by Anne Moody, details her life story from childhood through her years at college as a young adult in the prime of the civil rights movement in the rural southern United States. This book was first published by Bantam Dell Publishing in 1968, and has been deemed a classic in its recount of Moody’s personal and political struggles against racism as an African American female in the South. I believe this book’s subject matter is social in nature, and deals with many issues including race, class, gender and politics. With the above mentioned, it is my belief that this book is very relative to the social sciences field.

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Angelou soon moved on and spent much of the 1960s trying other things from living in Egypt, to living in Ghana, to working as an editor and a freelance writer. She also earned herself a spot at the University of Ghana for a while. After returning home to the United States, she was urged to write about her life experiences. Her writings were extremely successful in 1969 when her memoir concerning her childhood and young adult life made history. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman and ended up making her famous.

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Before reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, I already had a clear understanding of the slave experience through reading other slave narratives and watching films about the topic, but never before have I read the slave experience from the perspective of a woman. After reading this book, I developed a deeper understanding of how slavery affected women differently than it affected men, and how slavery complicated the already difficult task of motherhood. For both Harriet and her grandmother, slavery was an extremely arduous obstacle that stood in the way of a healthy family dynamic. Both women went to extreme lengths to ensure that their children would be free and not have to suffer from the condition of slavery that they did. Harriet’s

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In order to empower themselves and their children, the mothers reinforce their African American identity and then pass down their knowledge on traditions, history, and music to their children (Dow, “Racial Distinctions” 89). Dow notes that some mothers even choose to reclaim the racial stereotype of a strong black woman, who is required to be self-reliant and self-contained, in order to help their daughters embrace a positive self-image. Jordana from Dow’s study asserts that “I think it is important to role model for my daughter being a strong woman […] I think in certain settings strong black women are thought of as aggressive women, and it is thought of negatively… [but] to me it is a positive thing… it means unwavering values, goal-oriented, recognizing your beauty, and possessing self-love” (Dow, “Negotiating” 47). By rearticulating the purpose of a “strong black woman” and removing its negative connotations, working-class African American mothers are able to reclaim their authority and place themselves in a position of empowerment that withstands both a patriarchal and racist society.

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As a Birmingham, Alabama native, Angela Davis was exposed to racism and discrimination at an extremely young age. Both her background and upbringing molded her into becoming an activist. Her activism focused on combating the discrimination of black people. Thus, she was extremely passionate about the concept of the prison-industrial complex, because many people of color in the United States are subjected to the injustices of the prison system. Davis became interested in this issue, because she personally endured a fifteen-month jail sentence.

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