Match the title of the literary nonfiction work with its theme. 1. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

2. "Eavesdropping"

3. "Life Without Go-Go Boots"

4. "Uncle John’s Farm"

5. ""Hope, Despair and Memory"

A. we must forget about what others might think of us
B. childhood is full of magic in stories and secrets
C. childhood is heavenly
D. forgetting softens the harshness of life
E. forgetting is crucial to living

2 is listening in to a conversation that you're not in

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

the civil rights act was passed on april 9, 1866 by a republican dominated congress. it was passed over president johnson's veto, in an effort to push back against discrimination of african americans.