Syllabus
August 27th Introduction; African-American history
August 29th Phillis Wheatley
September 3rd George Horton
September 5th folk seculars and spirituals; Frederick Douglass on slave songs
1st web posting
September 10th James Whitfield
September 12th Frances Harper
September 17th Frances Harper; Paul Lawrence Dunbar
September 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 McKay
October 1st Fenton Johnson, Stirling Brown
October 3rd Alice Dunbar Nelson
October 8th Langston Hughes
October 10th Langston Hughes, "Montage of a Dream Deferred"
October 15th Langston Hughes, handout
October 17th Hughes, Angelina Grimke
October 22nd presentations: Nancy N, Eileen D, Joe T, Nikki D; Angelina Grimke
first paper due; for a list of possible topics, see topics
October 24th art slides
October 29th Ann Spencer
November 5th Robert Hayden
November 7th presentation: Allison H; Robert Hayden
November 12th presentations: Kelsey S, Michael L, Emily T, Michael J; Mary M, Jessica D and Christina P; Gwendolyn Brooks
November 14th Gwendolyn Brooks
November 19th Imamu Amiri Baraka
November 21st presentation: Tyrone P, Jessica B and Roger R; Imamu Amiri Baraka
November 26th finish Baraka; June Jordan
November 28th Thanksgiving
December 3rd June Jordan
December 5th presentation: William M; Audre Lorde
December 10th Rita Dove; Alice Walker
December 12th any remaining student performances
December 17th final class meeting; essay due
December 20th all web postings due