Discuss how "Cora Unashamed" reflects Hughes' desire to write "to, for, and about" black Americans. Be sure to use specific textual evidence from the story.

In the story "Cora Unashamed," Langston Hughes touches on the subject of the Black experience. He discusses how conditions are for African Americans at the turn of the century. Moreover, Hughes shows that, although slavery has been abolished, equality is far from being realized.

Hughes writes "to, for, and about" black Americans in various ways. First, he talks about an experience that would have been familiar to many African Americans at that time: that of working for a white family. Moreover, many people would have been able to identify with the treatment that Cora got (“She worked for the Studevants, who treated her like a dog”) and with the love that she develops for the white child she takes care of (“But the child was hers- a living bridge between two worlds”). It is also a story written "for" African Americans, as Hughes shows them a role model worth admiring. Cora is passionate, brave and strong, as Hughes would wish all African Americans to be (“Cora was humble and shameless... and she didn’t care what the white people said”).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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