Richard Wright's Black Boy

Richard’s dad left him which made him felt left out because there was no on to be there for him and he tried to make friends, but couldn’t because he was too busy trying to fight someone to prove people wrong Richard’s needs shows that he needs someone in his life that cares about him and help him with life, “he beat the black boy. But why? You’re too young to understand. I’m not going to let anybody beat me.” (24) this shows that he is gonna protect himself because his parents can’t protect him and they are never there for him. The time Richard’s dad left he didn’t know about it and had to find out later, he felt left outing his children good “having grown taller and older, I now associated with older boys and had to pay for my admittance into their company by subscribing to certain racial sentiments” (78).

It hurt him that people were so racially discriminatory against him and that he couldn’t do anything to stop it. Throughout the story, he flashbacks to different points of his life where he shows us how important getting an education is to his family. He really wants to succeed to impress his parents, “What hurt me the most is that I won’t be able to become a telephone operator like Dad wants me to”(185). The school staff doesn’t understand his desire for getting his family out of poverty. The principal just assumes that he doesn’t care about getting an education.

I made up my mind I would fix up some way to leave there” (Twain 22). Once Huck sets his mind to something he does not give up, so the reader understands that no matter what might happen Huck will find a way to get out of this place that is supposed to be a home. Since Huck is used to being held captive and taken advantage of by his own father after his journey is over he would rather be alone than expect to live under someone 's roof and by their mannerisms. “Aunt Sally she’s

Thurgood Marshall As the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall greatly influenced future generations of black people. His ancestors faced several hardships as slaves, but he was able to accomplish a lot. Marshall was brilliant as a child, but constantly got rejected because of his race. However, these discriminatory ridicules didn’t stop him from chasing after his dreams. This gave several African-Americans the sense that they could do anything and the only thing racism could do is motivate them.

His life was often a battle. A battle against the racism he faces everyday. The perceptions of racism in these years were so bad that blacks felt invisible and very inferior. The protagonist feels that everybody needs to be seen and recognized in an ideal society and he thinks that a person who doesn’t will have problems. He’s trying to get attention from others by every means and if he doesn’t like the way other people treat him he gets

The Booker T. Washington model involves helping the black community by intercepting the white community. By climbing through the white community and finding success, they are able to have the power to bring some triumphs to the black community. The W. E. B DuBois model does not uphold the traditional rules that kept the the white community in power. This model deals with destroying the system the places the black community at a disadvantage to the white community. Bledsoe is associated with the Booker T. Washington model and often comes under scrutiny for being too compliant while others are fighting for immediate equality and not just small victories here and there.

In the North, blacks encountered de facto segregation, racism, and discrimination in housing and public services; nevertheless, they were able to vote and had better job opportunities. In the South, blacks were disfranchised, lived under a segregationist regime enforced by violence, and found fewer avenues for escape from crushing poverty"(Leuchtenburg, William). Because of all this Roosevelt felt bad for the African Americans and therefore he wanted to help all of them. since he offered to help them, they began to trust him and believe in him, that he can get their rights. Roosevelt never thought it was right for the African Americans to get treated the way they did.

It isn't just his secularity, but his thirst for knowledge as well. Richard yearns to read, write and explore the scholarly world, which is frowned upon because in the South, black people must play the part of the modest, ignorant, African American who say yes, sir and no, sir. An example of this conformity is, “‘Ain’t you learned sense’n that yet?’ asked the man who hit me. ‘Ain’t you learn to say sir to a white man yet?” (181) Richard was violently confronted by a white man after he had offered to give Richard a ride, and he turned it down. This proves that if Richard says or does the wrong thing, he will provoke hostility.

August Wilson describes the life of Troy as someone who feels he is being oppressed and how different the culture was when his was a child growing up compared to his children’s lives. Troy’s outlook on life is more narrow minded however, his family is more optimistic for a better future. Troy was raised by a very dominate male figure who was abusive. His father would be little him and made him like he would not be able to overcome racism. Troy despised his father who was mean and never showed him any love.

Blacks had just moved North from the South and had gotten different jobs in place of white men when they were at war, such as factory workers. Unfortunately, blacks were still mistreated at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, but most of them were soon recognized as talented artists. African Americans had artistic and social freedom from the movement, they truly believed they had the potential, and they did. The Harlem Renaissance was to help blacks seek and get better lives than they used to have, and be proud of themselves and their accomplishments. Blacks were able to express themselves, with where they originally came from through art.