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Dalton discusses the long history of literacy problems in African Americans. It is believed that the need to become literate mainly started during the emancipation era when it was prohibited in many places for slaves to have the knowledge to read and write. Dalton goes on to speak about how certain African Americans were able to be literate, and went on to write exquisite literature. This article is very interesting and a decently easy read and it helps one out to understand not just the literacy of today, but the literacy in African Americans years ago.