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AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS

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AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS

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    1. AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS LITERARY RESEARCH PROJECT

    2. POETS Originally called the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance fostered a literary and intellectual flowering of black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s.

    3. PLAYWRIGHTS At the height of the Harlem Renaissance artists, writers, dancers, musicians, activists, and philosophers shared creative spaces.

    4. SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY WRITERS They also influenced, encouraged, challenged, and inspired one another’s creative and intellectual pursuits.

    5. MYSTERY WRITERS Writers expressed the African American experience through poems, stories, essays, and novels, garnering the attention of readers nationwide.

    6. NOVELIST/SHORT STORY WRITERS The literary establishment soon became fascinated with the writers of the Harlem Renaissance and began publishing them in larger numbers.

    7. YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS But for the writers themselves, acceptance by the world was less important, as Langston Hughes put it, than the “Expression of our individual dark-skinned selves.”

    8. CHILDREN’S AUTHORS/PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS The rich bank of writing generated would implant new structures, fresh rhythms, unforgettable images, inspirational stories of quest, courage, endurance and determination.

    9. REFLECTIONS ON THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on African American Literacy? What is the significance of this period in African American history? How did learning about varied authors assist you in future reading selections? List and describe three other concepts you think would enhance this presentation.

    10. Works Cited Karsten, Jane. ”Drop Me Off in Harlem” Artsedge. March 2003, April 23, 2007.<http\://.www. Kennedy-center. org/ exploring/ Harlem /themes/ writers. html Rowen, Beth and Brunner Borgna. “Infoplease” Pearson Education, 2005, December 20, 2005. <www. Infoplease. Com / spot/ bhm Harlem /.html

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