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Strategies Of Liberation And Empowerment In Maya Angelou's And Audre Lorde's Black Feminist Literature, Lydia Jernigan 2023 Lipscomb University

Strategies Of Liberation And Empowerment In Maya Angelou's And Audre Lorde's Black Feminist Literature, Lydia Jernigan

Student Works

The progression of second-wave feminism in America saw Black feminist writers such as Maya Angelou and Audre Lorde utilizing literature, and notably poetry, to resist against their oppression, due not only to their gender but also to their race. Lorde states in her 1977 essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” that poetry, for women, “is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.” One of the aims of Lorde’s explicitly political poems—as …


Consent In Conversation: Education Of Sexual Violence In Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Emily Benning 2023 Ursinus College

Consent In Conversation: Education Of Sexual Violence In Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Emily Benning

Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics

Maya Angelou’s memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is just one of many titles challenged and banned in public schools for “sexually explicit” content. On page 71 of her 281 page autobiography, Angelou discloses that she was raped at 8 years old by her mother’s boyfriend, and despite it being followed with scenes that emphasize the value of healing through literature, public attention has been directed to the (non-consensual) intercourse itself as a reason for censorship. As censorship efforts have expanded in the past two decades, challengers have continued to add more ban-worthy qualities to the list …


The Hidden Figures Of Cognitive Dissonance, Jennifer Berkebile 2023 Liberty University

The Hidden Figures Of Cognitive Dissonance, Jennifer Berkebile

Senior Honors Theses

In utilizing cognitive dissonance theory (CDT) as postulated by Festinger (1957), this research sought to identify how European American (EA) superiors Paul Stafford and Vivian Mitchell were influenced by EA coworkers while interacting with African American (AA) subordinates Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, respectively, within the film Hidden Figures. Based upon a thorough review of the literature on CDT and its relationships with racism and sexism, this research examined specific scenes in which the pair interacted individually and around coworkers before determining the impact of external interpersonal relationships upon the central biracial relationships. Conclusions demonstrated the key principle of …


Contemporary Environmental Art: The Multidimensional Relationship Between Black Communities And The American Landscape, Sophia Perkins 2023 Louisiana State University

Contemporary Environmental Art: The Multidimensional Relationship Between Black Communities And The American Landscape, Sophia Perkins

Honors Capstones

Contemporary environmental art can be inspired by personal experience and reflections between the artist and their surroundings. Black women have a unique interaction with and relation to their environment. I would like to unpack the relationships between Black women and the environment by exploring a few different artists’ work, and by dissecting the effects race and gender have on one’s view of the natural world. I have studied the work of four artists: Torkwase Dyson, Allison Jane Hamilton, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Calida Garcia Rawles. Environmentally, I have a specific interest in bodies of water / Black waterways because of …


Gentrifying While Black: Exploring The Concept Of An African Homeland Through Gentrification In Accra, Ghana, Amaya Davis 2023 SIT Study Abroad

Gentrifying While Black: Exploring The Concept Of An African Homeland Through Gentrification In Accra, Ghana, Amaya Davis

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

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Martin, John - Receipt For Advertisement Of The Final Settlement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, John - Receipt For Advertisement Of The Final Settlement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Receipt for advertisement of the final settlement of the estate of John Martin, deceased


Martin, John - Original Will Of John Martin, Deceased, 1825, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, John - Original Will Of John Martin, Deceased, 1825, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Original Will of John Martin, deceased, which includes the transfer of enslaved persons to family members.


Martin, John - Inventory And Appriasement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, John - Inventory And Appriasement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Inventory and appriasement of the estate of John Martin, deceased, including 11 enslaved persons: Trim, Frank, Alse, Esther + child, Maria, Sal (mulatto), Leah, Hugh, Maria, Smith, Ally


Martin, Andrew -Order For Inventory And Appraisement Of The Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Andrew -Order For Inventory And Appraisement Of The Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Order for the inventory and appraisement of the estate of Andrew Martin, deceased, including six enslaved persons: David, 32 years; Joice, 24 years; Celia, 18 years; Charles, 8 years; Esther, 6 years, and Jane, 2 years


Martin, John - Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, With Moses Martin, Executor, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, John - Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, With Moses Martin, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Envelope for pobate records for John Martin, deceased


Martin, Andrew - Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Andrew - Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Envelope for probate records of Andrew Martin, deceased


Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 3, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 3, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes a case of knives and forks, desk, tables, looking glasses, hand bells, a tea kettle and books.


Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 1, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 1, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes a ox cart, small waggon, riding [chair], ox chains and other furniture.


Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 2, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 2, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes part of the text of an affirmation about the estate by Mary Martin, signed with her mark.


Martin, Abraham - Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased With [Blank], Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Abraham - Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased With [Blank], Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Envelope of probate records for Abraham Martin, deceased


Martin, Abraham - Inventory Of The Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Of The Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Inventory of the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased


Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Office Fees Related To The Emancipation Of Agatha, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Office Fees Related To The Emancipation Of Agatha, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

receipt for fees office fees related to the emancipation of Agatha


Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Estate Administration Record, Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, Deceased, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Estate Administration Record, Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Estate administration record, Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, deceased


Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Fees For Suit In Concordia Parish, Louisiana, To Emancipate Agatha, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Fees For Suit In Concordia Parish, Louisiana, To Emancipate Agatha, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Receipt for fees for suit in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, to emancipate Agatha


Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Inventory Of Furniture Bequeathed To Agatha, Formerly Enslaved By Paul Marie Lewis Martell, Chancery Court of Adams County 2023 Mississippi State University

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Inventory Of Furniture Bequeathed To Agatha, Formerly Enslaved By Paul Marie Lewis Martell, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Inventory of furniture bequeathed to Agatha, formerly enslaved by Paul Marie Lewis Martell


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