Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- American Politics (1)
- Constitutional Law (1)
- English Language and Literature (1)
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1)
- Fourteenth Amendment (1)
-
- History (1)
- Inequality and Stratification (1)
- Law (1)
- Law and Race (1)
- Legal (1)
- Legal History (1)
- Literature in English, North America (1)
- Political History (1)
- Political Science (1)
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (1)
- Race and Ethnicity (1)
- Social History (1)
- Social Policy (1)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (1)
- Sociology (1)
- United States History (1)
- Women's Studies (1)
- Keyword
-
- African American (1)
- August Wilson (1)
- Aunt Ester (1)
- Dred Scott (1)
- Fences (1)
-
- Free state (1)
- Freedom (1)
- Gem of the Ocean (1)
- Jezebel (1)
- Law (1)
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1)
- Mamie (1)
- Metonymic sets (1)
- Plays (1)
- Property (1)
- Radio Golf (1)
- Roger B. Taney (1)
- Sandford (1)
- Slave (1)
- Slave state (1)
- Slavery (1)
- Stereotypes of black womanhood (1)
- The Piano Lesson (1)
- US Supreme Court (1)
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler
'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler
Student Publications
The Scott v. Sandford decision will forever be known as a dark moment in America's history. The Supreme Court chose to rule on a controversial issue, and they made the wrong decision. Scott v. Sandford is an example of what can happen when the Court chooses to side with personal opinion instead of what is right.
She's A Brick House: August Wilson And The Stereotypes Of Black Womanhood, Amelia Tatum Grabowski
She's A Brick House: August Wilson And The Stereotypes Of Black Womanhood, Amelia Tatum Grabowski
Student Publications
In his Century Cycle of plays, August Wilson tells ten distinct stories of families in or linked to the Hill District, an African American community in Pittsburgh; one play taking place in each decade of the twentieth century. Through these plays, Wilson's audience sees the Hill District and America evolve, while prejudice, oppression, and poverty remain constant. Many scholars argue that sexism provides a fourth common factor, asserting that Wilson portrays the female characters in the male-fantasized, stereotypical roles of the Mammy or the Jezebel figure, rather as realistic, empowered, and complex women. However, close examination of the women with …