Entry 1 -->"Champion of the World" by Maya Angelou

The author of the story paints a vivid picture of what it was like for the African American people in a time of oppression and discrimination. How the black community joins as one at Uncle Willie's store, to listen to a boxing match.In the time period this book was written in, a black person could not speak their minds; so they showed their strength quietly. A hero to his people....Joe Louis finds himself in a boxing match with a white man.If he beats this man it would bring hope to the black community, it is like sticking it to the white man; and proves that they are no better than the African American race.The tone presented in this text is very tense.You can hear the anticipation to find the outcome of the match thru the writers words. The author wants the reader to understand how important this moment of history was to the black community.She wants us to understand how monumental it was. The writer even says...after Joe Louis won the fight, the black people knew it wouldn't be a good idea to travel home that night.This is because the white people would be furious to know that their guy had been defeated by a black man and someone had to pay.