Hate Is....

Hate is wrong.
Hate is strong.
Hate is sacrificing.
Hate is unreconizing.
Hate is not respect and can not be put at rest.
Hate is a crime.
Hate is taking up everyone's' time.
Hate is stealing and hate has no healing.
Hate is violence.
Hate doesn't leads anything but silence.
Hate needs to cease so we all can have peace.
Hate is wrong, that's why everyone's' gone.

Life Is

Life is a blessing.
Life is your soul.
Life is your responsibility and your goal.
Life is good.
Life is bad.
Life is what brings on the future and the past.

Madam

In the poem Madam Alberta K. Johnson is an outspoken, hardworking, and respected woman. She is a person with a mind that many may consider brave. Ms. Johnson is a leader because she speaks for what's right and cares who think less of her. Ms. Robinson has been a slave in doing every white person's job that she has worked for.

Wooing the Muse

Simple said that if he didn't have to ride Jim Crow he would go to his hometown for his vacation. Simple was saying that he doesn't want to be around people who has that mentality of manipulating blacks. Simple does not want to be around such ignorance.

Droopy Drawers

I think that I would not support the decision of Delegate Algie J. Howell Jr. Wearing pants down your waist to show your underwear is considered a style. I don't wear my clothes like that but I feel that it is unfair to try to change a person's way of dressing. I would not favor this such decision just because it mainly targets black people. It is a shame to see that a black man like Howell himself would start a feud against his own people.

Best of Simple: Temptation

Simple believes if Eve was a black woman the world would be in chaos. The world would not be as organized as it is now today. Simple believes that Adam and Eve was white because he saw a Sunday School card that shows the two being white. He then went on believing that Adam and Eve were two white people made by God.

Best of Simple: Simple and His Sins

I think Simple says that " a woman is half made up and half is clothes" because he feels that women are fake. They look the beautiful because of their makeup. Simple was so upset that Zarita came to the park because her hair was in a mess and she never came to see him in the daytime.

Marcus Garvey

Garvey dreams of black people to be equal to every race. The " impact of Marcus Garvey " was something that people looked at, thought about and took advantage of so that that different races could come together and bond. Marcus Gavery and Malcolm X philosophies were similar in many ways. They both wanted everyone to come together to form one nation. Like Malcolm X, Gavery went to another country to form allies for black people. I believe that Marcus Gavery was a leader and hero just from reading a article about him. I have never heard of him until today.

Simple On Indian Blood

When Simple says that" he believes a woman should keep her place" he is referring to someone who listen, obeys and respects him in a way that will make him pleased. Simple does not want a pretty woman because he said that they can get someone into alot of trouble and especially quick-tempered people.

The Three Ladies In Simple's Life

I think that Simple's favorite woman out of Zarita, Joyce and Isabel is Joyce. I say this because she is understanding and she dosen't give Simple much to not like her. She is caring. loving and very quiet.

Simple Prays A Prayer

Simple believes that Southern Christians were prejudge and phony. He felt as if some white Christians weren't being true to God nor Jesus Christ. Some white people still thinking of blacks of n*gg*s and Negroes .

Landladies

Simple's landlady locked him out of the house because he's constantly coming in the house past ten o'clock and disturbing the neighbors that live in the same building as he does. Simple does not respect and go by the landladies rules.

Civil Rights Movement

The thing that I have that those who lived during the Civil Rights Movement didn't is true freedom.I have the right to speak freely, vote, pick my own choice of school, and go anywhere I please without someone hassling me. I feel that things are still being proceeded like they were back then but in different ways. It's like jail but without the bob wire : hell with no fire. You're free but to a certain extent. I mean I consider myself as a freed person but there are some problems that us black people have those times when we are being picked on just because of our race.

I think that I would have been an activist. I would have chose to be one because it's not right for black people to suffer just because someone don't like the color of their skin. I'm black and as a black person I feel that if someone can't except who you are, how you look or your style and the way you dress then it's something wrong with them.

I would have supported Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King. They are some parts of the reason why I am free. I felt that Malcolm X wanted backs to fight in what they believe in and Dr. Martin Luther King wanted all people black or white to come together and give each other respect. Both leaders wanted blaks to gain respect from different races.

I Too, Am America

The narrator like America but does like how it is ran. He feels that there is no freedom. He also feels that America is not a country and everyone's not equal.
America to me means "Free". It is being free to speak and learn. I don't really believe in this country any more because of the fact that all people is not being treated fairly. I don't think that I would ever fight for this country. I'm afraid of death and I don't want to die.

Let America Be America Again

The narrator like America but does like how it is ran. He feels that there is no freedom. He also feels that America is not a country and everyone's not equal.
America to me means "Free". It is being free to speak and learn. I don't really believe in this country any more because of the fact that all people is not being treated fairly. I don't think that I would ever fight for this country. I'm afraid of death and I don't want to die.

10 Facts About Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born on Feburary 1, 1902.
He was born in Joplin,Missouri.
He was a profound writer.
He wrote an essay that appeared in the "Nation".
In 1923, Mr. Hughes traveled all over the world.
In 1924. Mr. Hughes returned to Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance.
In 1926, Mr. Hughes recieved a scholarship to Lincoln University in Pennsylania.
He then graduated with his Bachelor's Degree.
Mr. Hughes wrote six books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories etc.
Langston Hughes died on May 22, 1967.

Mother and Son

The poem "Mother and Son" refers a mother telling her son not to make the same mistakes she because his life probably going too be even harder than hers were.

Minstrel Man

The poem "Minstrel Man" is just stating that even if your happy on the inside it dosen't mean that your happy on the outside . You can show the nice side of you but have a dark side. People don't realize that.