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W. E. B. Dubois, August Wilson, And Charles H. R.

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The history of the U.S. is rich of institutional racism. Unlike the racism perpetrated by individuals, institutional racism has the power to negatively affect the bulk of people belonging to a racial group. African-American literature represent a great opportunity for the readers to discover about such topic. At the turn of the 20th century, non-fiction works by authors such as William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois, August Wilson, and Charles H. Fuller, Jr, were all an attempt to portray the effect of racism on the behavior of the characters of their works. Coincidently, two characters had a great presence in the literature discussion, the first is Sergeant. Vernon Waters from A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller, and the other one is Troy

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