William Dean Howell's The Rise of Silas Lapham .... to Silas. Now Silas must decide what to do with the property. Sell it to the railroad for a song, which is what it is worth? Or .... (2387 10 )
African American Literature .... In "Long Black Song," Wright portrays the injustice and abuse that African Americans typically suffer at the hands of Whites. Silas is a traveling salesman who .... (389 2 )
Richard Wright and James Baldwin .... The same message of blacks at the mercy of violent white racists burns at the heart of Wright's "Long Back Song," which ends with Silas, a black man, proudly .... (1365 5 )
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