American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology RELATED RESOURCES ON THIS SITE From 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 peer ...

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 "shor ...

A Brief Chronology of African American Literature Created by Roger Blackwell Bailey, Ph.D. (Site maintained by wshute@accd.edu) (Last Updated 7/16/02) 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 alr ...

Voices from the Gaps Women Artists and Writers of Color VG Home About VG: Our ProjectThe Artists Classroom Uses VG is housed by the English Department at the University of Minnesota. and funded by the College of Liberal Arts Computer Fees Committee How to contribute ©2004 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Trouble seeing the text? | Contact U of M | Privacy The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

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