Publisher's Synopsis
For undergraduate and graduate African American Literature survey courses, undergraduate composition courses from freshman level to advanced, and African American history courses.
Tracing African American literary and artistic contributions from the 1700s to the 1990s, this student- and instructor-friendly anthology presents a diverse collection that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, speeches, songs, paintings and photography. Students learn about historical context, literary content, and rhetorical strategies-their distinctions and connections.
