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A Weblog for African American Literature, (ENGL 2055), Southwest Tennessee Community College
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The Tragic Mulatta: The Problematic Term
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When William Wells Brown wrote Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter in 1853 , it appeared he had a goal in mind: to expose the tyrannies...
Sunday, August 8, 2021
The Literature of Slavery and Freedom
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" The engendering impulse of African American literature is resistance to human tyranny. The sustaining spirit of African American l...
The Intrepid Voice of Civil Rights: James Baldwin: 1924-1987
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"All art is a kind of confession" (Gates, et al.). James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York, in 1924 at the height of the Harle...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Music of the Harlem Renaissance
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, 1899-1974: Band leader, composer, pianist, and perhaps one of the best-known and beloved figure...
Monday, August 2, 2021
William Wells Brown: First African American Novelist
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William Wells Brown was born into slavery in Lexington, Kentucky in 1814. His mother, known only as "Elizabeth," was the sla...
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