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Amplifying Women's Voices Through Fictional Writing

By Besmah Al-Ashari, Virginia State University Dating back as far as Harriet Beecher Stowe’s, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in 1852 to confront the...

Black Identity in America

By Yani McNeil, Virginia State University First Place Winner, Critical Essay, 2022 VSU English Department Writing COntest The Harlem...

God is a Woman: A Music Video Analysis

By Ja'el Bryant Winner, Critical Essay, 2021 VSU Student Writing Contest “I feel it after midnight. A feeling that you can’t fight. My...

Discovering Home Through The House on Mango Street - First Place

By Alexander Pascual From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit The idea of “finding home” has been a common...

The Effect of Social Stratification Among Female Slaves

by N’yah Coley Critical Essay Winner, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest Social stratification, which is defined as a society’s...

When Worlds Collide

by Destiny Simms Critical Essay Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest The story of Pocahontas has been passed down for...

The Obtainable Dream

by Daeisha Smith Critical Essay Winner, 2017 VSU Student Writing Contest As a society the United States of America, incorporated a set of...

Ignorance is Not Bliss; Take Care of Your Own

by Damaris Murillo Critical Essay Honorable Mention, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States...

Jaylaan Have A Dream

by Jaylaan Bell Colley Critical Essay Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Ahhh… “Martin had a dream. Martin had a dream!” (Lamar) …...

Devil in Disguise

By India Peterkin Critical Essay Honorable Mention, 2018 VSU Student Writing Contest In the story “Where Are You going, Where Have You...

Django Unchained

By Shakeiya Culzac Critical Essay Winner, 2018 VSU Student Writing Contest In Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, set in 1858, in the...