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    Eudora Welty Table of Contents Early Life……………………………………. Page 3 Beginning of Publications………………….... Page 4 Works……………………………………….... Page 5 Accomplishments…...…………………………Page 6 End of Life…………………………...………. Page 7 Works Cited…………………………………...Page 8 Early Life Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. She was born into a loving family to Christian Webb Welty and Chestina Andrews Welty. She inherited a loving of all instruments from her father, and she inherited a love of reading

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    Introduction The Haves and the Have Nots is an American crime drama written and produced by actor, comedian, filmmaker, writer, and songwriter Tyler Emmitt Perry Jr. The show first premiered May 28, 2013, on the Oprah Winfrey Network and is one of OWN leading success stories, likewise; it is one of the network’s most popular series as of today. The drama, which takes place in Savanah, Georgia, exposes the lifestyle of the rich, famous, and the poor. The drama which comes on once a week, has some

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    Carrie Mae Weems

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    Carrie Mae Weems is an African American artist, who works with text, fabric, audio, digital images, but mostly known for her “Kitchen Table” photography series. Her art is focused around the serious issues African American have to face in the United States every day. Weems was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1953, the second of seven children of the Weems family. The Weems was a middle class family, working for their everyday living, had no privileges. At the age of 16 she gave birth to her first and

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    Women in film production are not a rarity in today’s Hollywood scene; however, they have only begun emerging in recent years. There are many female producers today, but only a few have had great, attributed successes. Throughout this research and analysis paper, I will focus primarily on one successful producer who, throughout her productions, addresses many intersection of life- Shonda Rhimes. She has successfully produced television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, and

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    Lena Waithe Makes Emmy History as First African-American Woman to Win for Best Comedy Writing Photo Credit: NY Daily News Lena Waithe is the first African-American to bag the Emmy Award for comedic writing. She won for co-writing an episode of Master of None along with the show’s creator Aziz Ansari. The episode titled Thanksgiving received high and positive reviews and was written based on Waithe’s own experience when she came out as a lesbian. The episode follows the show’s characters Dev and

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    Not only that but she is a painter, embroiderer, mixed media sculptor, and a writer. Ringgold is a multi-talented and brave woman during her time in the 1950s; it was a time where sex and gender were not fully equal yet. It gave Ringgold an opportunity to be a voice through her art. She attended the City College of New York 1950 and earned herself a Bachelor in fine arts and continued on her education with a Master’s degree. She was denied a lot from majoring in liberal arts, which later influenced

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    Buchi Emecheta Themes

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    Buchi Emecheta is one of the African writers who tremendously portrayed the issues that are related to mainstream African women’s experience. Many of his poems throw light on the plight of women in African cultures and she uses characterisation and theme as tools to develop her heroines. The scarcity of female novelists stands as a reason for the male writers and critics of African literature to lack the feminine point of view for over a long period of time. In every parts of the world, the institution

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    period was one that expressed the struggles and oppression that African-Americans faced throughout the 1920’s. The Harlem Renaissance brought forth the everyday struggles, yet highlighted the beauty of a culture cultivated through oppression. Harlem in New York City became the beacon of African-American culture that spread socially aware music, art, and literature. Harlem became the destination to which approximately 300,000 African-Americans migrated to, while fleeing the South’s economic and social

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    Dr. Maya Angelou became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou was perhaps one of the most influential writers that the world has ever experienced. In the late 20 century Mrs. Angelou joined the Harlem Writers Guild. With the help of her friend, the novelist, James Baldwin, she began

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    The Parable Of The Sower

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    based on the idea that “God is Change.” Created by Octavia Butler, this story is told by the main character Lauren Oya Olamina in both of her books: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. There was supposed to be a third book to this trilogy series, Parable of the Trickster, but Butler was unable to complete it before her untimely death. Company town- a town or city in which much or all real estate, buildings, utilities, hospitals, small businesses, and other necessities or luxuries of life

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