History has shown, that growing up in the south was vaguely impossible.
Women of color 'Blacks/ African Americans' struggled for equality and rights. Brooks’ poem dates back to 1995 a time in which things were very different in and around the black community.Īdvanced medical technology as seen in the 20th century is like no other. Abortions in the black community peak at about 35% of all abortions in total while the black community (both foreign and those with slave ancestry) only account for about 10% of the entire population of the country. Ironically, the statistical trend of Abortion is proportionally high in comparison to other cultures to this day. As a single work, it signifies a small piece of the struggle as experienced by African Americans, women specifically. The poem entitled “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks interprets like an excerpt out of African American history.
