Part one of term paper
"Just five decades ago, most black Americans could not work, live, shop, eat, seek entertainment or travel as they chose (Jaynes and Williams 3)." This statement reflects the plight of African Americans during the time period described in " Incident" by Countee Cullen and "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka. These two poems show how blac ...

Part two of term paper
... separated from black people. One can see in " Incident" by Countee Cullen and "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka, similarities that demonstrate the historical and sociological impact of this era on African Americans. "Incident" and "Telephone Conversation" both reflect a historical period in America that deprived African Americans of basic freedoms. These poems show in simplistic situations that many prejudices held against African Americans during that time period. Historically, the 1930s ...