Good Morning POU! (if you haven't read the novel Native Son, be forewarned that today's post is a summary of the book) “I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children". When the review of that book began to appear, I realized that I had made an awful naive mistake. I found that I had written a book which even bankers' … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
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Monday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
Good Morning POU! The Indignant Generation is the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement that began in the 1960s. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw the communal rise of writers such as Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
Thurday Open Thread: Black Nobel Prize Winners
Toni Morrison is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is best known for her novels focusing on intimate relationships, especially between men and women. These stories are set against the backdrop of African American culture. In 1949 Morrison entered Howard University, where she received a B.A. in English in 1953. She earned a Master of … [Read more...] about Thurday Open Thread: Black Nobel Prize Winners