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Cora Unashamed is a 1933 story by Langston Hughes about a Black woman who works for a white family in a segregated town. The story explores themes of racial consciousness, identity, and shame through Cora's relationship with the Studevants' daughter Jessie.
Cora Unashamed. By Langston Hughes, first published in The American Mercury . In a town so small it can hardly be called a town, a black woman serves a rich white family until a series of horrific events causes the single joy in her life to vanish. Author. Langston Hughes.
Full Story Text. "Cora Unashamed" by Langston Hughes. Melton was one of those miserable in-between little places, not large enough to be a town, nor small enough to be a village that is, a village in the rural, charming sense of the word. Melton had no charm about it.
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Learn about the themes, characters, and literary devices of Cora Unashamed, a short story by Langston Hughes about racism and segregation in rural America. Download a PDF of the full guide or access it online for $0.70/week.
“Cora Unashamed” introduces forty-year-old Cora Jenkins’ life as one of the only Black persons in the rural town of Melton. Cora has a child with a White foreigner, Joe, out of wedlock. Upon realization of Cora’s pregnancy, Joe leaves town and Cora, forcing her to raise Josephine on her own.
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17 de jan. de 2024 · One of those authors is Langston Hughes, who bravely depicts the struggle that Black people actually face in a system dominated by White people in his story ‘Cora Unashamed.’ This covers all aspects of life, including schooling and social status.
Cora Unashamed ★★½ 2000 Adaptation of the Langston Hughes short story that finds racism and tragedy in a small Iowa town in the 1930s. Cora Jenkins (Taylor) and her mother (Pounder) are the only blacks in the community.
