He was born in Virginia; his mother was a slave, and he never knew his white father. He worked as a salt packer, coal miner, and house servant while attending school.
Identify the story that best correlates with the image:
Identify the story that best correlates with the image:
He founded the NAACP and coined the idea of “double-consciou…
He founded the NAACP and coined the idea of “double-consciousness” —the twoness felt by African Americans to remain true to black culture while simultaneously assimilating into the dominant culture of the white world.
Identify the source of the line(s): “But Microscopes are pr…
Identify the source of the line(s): “But Microscopes are prudent / In an Emergency!”
“I, too, dislike it; there are things that are important bey…
“I, too, dislike it; there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”
Identify the source of the line(s): “Well, this-yer Smiley h…
Identify the source of the line(s): “Well, this-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail, only jest a short stump like a bannanner…”
He was the first teacher/principal and major founder of the…
He was the first teacher/principal and major founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” and “No! I am not Prince…
“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” and “No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;” and “I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. / I do not think that they will sing to me”
“These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then I…
“These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo’s mad againe. / Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih”
In “Soldier’s Home,” what does Harold Krebs struggle with up…
In “Soldier’s Home,” what does Harold Krebs struggle with upon returning home from the war?