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Cora Unashamed is a 2000 TV film based on a short story by Langston Hughes, about a black woman who speaks the truth in a small Iowa town. The film stars Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth and CCH Pounder, and was directed by Deborah Pratt.
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.
A short story about a black woman's life of hardship and oppression in a rural town. Cora Jenkins works for the Studevants, who treat her like a slave, and has a brief affair with a white stable boy, Joe.
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Cora Unashamed is a tragedy drama by Langston Hughes about a black woman who works for a rich white family and loses her daughter due to their abuse. The story explores themes of race, class, love, and loss in a small town in 1933.
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: Directed by Deborah Pratt. With Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston. Cora Jenkins and her parents are the only African-Americans in their community in 1920s Iowa, supported only by Cora's wages as housekeeper to the wealthy Studevants.
“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.
