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In order for one to truly understand the views of African Americans you must read and understand past and present literature written by African Americans. Many people have the notion that any one black person can speak for the whole African American community, that is not true. Just like any other group there are various different opinions within that community, such is so for the African American Community. Just a quick glance at some of the writings by blacks will show you the variety of ideas that are held in the community. There are many writers that accommodated slavery and segregation, and there are many that do not. By discussing the writings of Garnet, Harper, and Mckay I will show how African American writers resisted slavery and segregation. All works cited in this paper are from The Norton Anthology, African American Literature. In “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of American,” (280) written by Henry Garnet the speaker of the selection tries to appeal to those in slavery to resist their enslavement. “’Let your motto be resistance! resistance! RESISTANCE!’(285),” is how the spe