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		African American Literature - Handout ^Votes:0 African-American Literature Handout Updated: April 7, 1996 Background of Africans in the English Colonies Some Significant Dates Some Specific Information on South Carolina African American Writings Early African American Works (1740-1820) Antebellum Novels (1820-1860) Slave Narratives (1840-1860) Postbellum Novelists (1865-1900) Social Works (1900-1910) Post 1900 African American Literatue Harlem Renessance (1917-1935) Growth of Naturalism (1935-1945) Myth, ledgend and Ritual (1945-1960) Contemporary African American Literature (1960-present) Sources Background of Africans in the English Colonies Some Significant Dates 1540 Africans in Arizona with the Spanish ("Death of the Negro Estervan") See: History of Literature in North America See: Native American History 1619 20 Slaves brought to Read More Go to Site


		African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS) - African American Literature ^Votes:0 History Officers, Committees, etc. Advisory Board Projects Newsletter Recent Publications Membership Form Future Conferences & Symposia American Literature Association (ALA) The African American Literature and Culture Society Web Site AALCS 2007 CONFERENCE: Theme: “Traditions and Revisions: New Directions in African American Literature and Scholarship” October 25 - 27, 2007 St. Louis University (home of African American Review ) St. Louis, MO Conference Program/Schedule Bio of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jerry Ward, Jr. Hotels and Transportation Call for Papers Registration Form (.pdf) Welcome to the home of the African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS) at Marygrove College. Please browse our web site to find out more about us. If you would like to join the AALCS or invi Read More Go to Site

		African American Writers : Online E-texts ^Votes:0 African American Writers : Online E-texts Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) African American Writers Page. The ISLMC is a meta site which brings together resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students. Please visit the ISLMC Home Page . You can search this site. To retrieve e-texts, you may need to search by author at the site indicated. Please report any errors to the site administrator. For resources for older students, see Young Adult Literature for further resources on Black Americans. [ Comprehensive Works ] [ Albert, Octavia V. Rogers ] [ Maya Angelou ] [ Anonymous ] [ James Baldwin ] [ Benjamin Banneker ] [ Arna Bontemps ] [ Gwendolyn Bennett ] [ Gwendolyn Brooks ] [ V. W. Broughton ] [ Josephine Brown ] [ Sterling Brown ] [ William Wells Brown ] Read More Go to Site

		African-American Women - On-line Archival Exhibits at DukeUniversity ^Votes:0 African-American Women On-line Archival Collections Special Collections Library, Duke University Elizabeth Johnson Harris: Life Story Elizabeth Johnson Harris was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1867 to parents who had been slaves. Her 85 page handwritten memoir provides glimpses of her early childhood, of race relations, of her own ambivalence about her place as an African-American in society, and of the importance of religion and education in her life. This on-line collection includes full text of her memoirs as well as several of her poems and vignettes that were published in various newspapers during her lifetime. Vilet Lester Letter Slave letters are very rare documents. This letter from Vilet Lester is one of less than a dozen such letters we have been able to identify among the vast am Read More Go to Site

		American Slave Narratives ^Votes:0 American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology RELATED RESOURCES ON THIS SITE F rom 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. Their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves. What makes the WPA narratives so rich is that they capture the very voices of American slavery, revealing the texture of life as it was experienced and remembered. Each narrative taken alone offers a fragmentary, microcosmic representation of slave li Read More Go to Site

		Black Arts Movement ^Votes:0 Sometimes referred to as "the artistic sister of the Black Power Movement," the Black Arts Movement stands as the single most controversial moment in the history of African-American literature--possibly in American literature as a whole. Although it fundamentally changed American attitudes both toward the function and meaning of literature as well as the place of ethnic literature in English departments, African-American scholars as prominent as Henry Louis Gates, Jr., have deemed it the "shortest and least successful" movement in African-American cultural history ("Black Creativity: On the Cutting Edge." Time (Oct. 10 1994): 74-75). Negro es Bello II , Elizabeth Catlett, 1969 Catlett's image reflects a "modernist-informed African formalism in its idolatry of black physiognomy" (Powell, 18 Read More Go to Site

		Etext Center: Collections ^Votes:0 Browse the Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center: African American Subject: African American Items marked RESTRICTED are available to University of Virginia users only, due to licensing requirements. Users of these texts agree to adhere to our Conditions of Use . For tips on searching the collection, consult our helpsheet. Help \| Mail \| Return University of Virginia users only: search all works including African American texts All other users: search all unrestricted works including African American texts A. (J.) Gilkeson Augusta County: A. (?.) Gilkeson to Gilkeson's brother (probably Hugh Gilkeson), September 21, 1858 1858-09-21 Augusta County: A. J. Gilkeson to Gilkeson's brother (probably Hugh Gilkeson), January 21, 1866 1866-01-21 Aiken, George Uncle Tom's Cabin (dramati Read More Go to Site

		Literature and Life: The Givens Collection ^Votes:0 Explore the rich variety of African-American literature in these five chapters, beginning with the poetry and slave narratives of the late 18th century and culminating in the work of vital contemporary artists. Chapter One - "From Slavery to Freedom" Chapter Two - "Renaissance" Chapter Three - "Voices of the People" Chapter Four - "Say It Loud" Chapter Five - "Choice of Weapons" A learning companion to Literature & Life: The Givens Collection . A compendium of Web sites and related reading for you to explore. More about the PBS Documentary, this Web site, and the Givens Collection. Read More Go to Site

		Microsoft lesson plans for students and educators ^Votes:0 Quick Links \| Home \| Worldwide Search Microsoft.com for: Search for Education All Microsoft.com Home At School Product Tutorials Lesson Plans How-to Articles Solutions and Services Product Center How to Buy Partners in Learning Education Programs Worldwide Education Partners Contact Us Home > At School Microsoft lesson plans for students and educators Find new ways to enhance student learning through technology. Click the links below to view lesson plans from Microsoft by subject that cover grades K-12. Geography • Giants of the century • Globalization comes to the table • Life along the Ring of Fire • Map reading in the 21st century • Take a road trip History • Archaeological finds • Current currencies • History and culture through food & Read More Go to Site

		PAL: Chap. 9: Harlem Renaissance - Index ^Votes:0 PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project © Paul P. Reuben (To send an email, please click on my name above.) Chapter 9: The Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937 - Index (Also known as the "New Negro Movement") Selected Bibliography Introduction Research and Study Topics Gwendolyn Bennett Blues Lyrics Marita Bonner Arna Bontemps Sterling A Brown Countee Cullen W. E. B. Du Bois Jessie Redmon Fauset Rudolph Fisher Marcus Garvey Angelina Weld Grimke Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Charles Spurgeon Johnson James Weldon Johnson Nella Larsen Alain Locke Claude McKay Richard Bruce Nugent Mary White Ovington Willis Richardson George Schuyler Anne Spencer Wallace Thurman Jean Toomer Carl Van Vechten Eric Walrond Dorothy West Walter White \| Alphabetic Read More Go to Site

		San Antonio College LitWeb African American Literature Index ^Votes:0 A Brief Chronology of African American Literature Created by Roger Blackwell Bailey, Ph.D. (Site maintained by wshute@accd.edu ) Objections may well be raised about the arrangement of this list. I originally wanted it to be a reading list, but I have since linked the names of several authors to their own pages so that a bit deeper coverage might be possible. These links occur at the first appearance of an author on the list. Some links have already been made in anticipation of individual files to come, and I am working as hard as I can on these and others while teaching a full load. I shall be as grateful for suggestions as I am for your patience. Thanks in advance for both. General References 1746. Terry, Lucy , " Bars Fight." 1760. The Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing Read More Go to Site

		Women of Color Women of Word--African American--Female Playwrights Homepage ^Votes:0 women of color, women of words homepage women of color, women of words is a site dedicated to African American women who have gifted, shaken up, and disturbed the theatre world with their powerful words. It is a testament to their courage and perseverance. Hopefully, this site will encourage other sister storytellers to make their words heard. site last updated 10/03/05 announcements productions Read More Go to Site

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