SyllabusAugust 27th Introduction; African-American historyAugust 29th Phillis WheatleySeptember 3rd George HortonSeptember 5th folk seculars and spirituals; Frederick Douglass on slave songs1st web postingSeptember 10th James WhitfieldSeptember 12th Frances HarperSeptember 17th Frances Harper; Paul Lawrence DunbarSeptember 19th Dunbar; Ida Wells-Barnett, "A Red Record"September 24th W. E. DuBois, "A Litany of Atlanta," "The Song of the Smoke"September 26th Claude McKayOctober 1st Fenton Johnson, Stirling BrownOctober 3rd Alice Dunbar NelsonOctober 8th Langston HughesOctober 10th Langston Hughes, "Montage of a Dream Deferred"October 15th Langston Hughes, handoutOctober 17th Hughes, Angelina GrimkeOctober 22nd presentations: Nancy N, Eileen D, Joe T, Nikki D; Angelina Grimkefirst paper due; for a list of possible topics, see topicsOctober 24th art slidesOctober 29th Ann SpencerNovember 5th Robert HaydenNovember 7th presentation: Allison H; Robert HaydenNovember 12th presentations: Kelsey S, Michael L, Emily T, Michael J; Mary M, Jessica D and Christina P; Gwendolyn BrooksNovember 14th Gwendolyn BrooksNovember 19th Imamu Amiri BarakaNovember 21st presentation: Tyrone P, Jessica B and Roger R; Imamu Amiri BarakaNovember 26th finish Baraka; June JordanNovember 28th ThanksgivingDecember 3rd June JordanDecember 5th presentation: William M; Audre LordeDecember 10th Rita Dove; Alice WalkerDecember 12th any remaining student performancesDecember 17th final class meeting; essay dueDecember 20th all web postings due |
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