African American literature has changed in startling ways since the end of the Black Arts Era. The last five decades have generated new paradigms of racial formation and novel patterns of cultural ...

But as important as such recovery work is, African American Literature in Transition, 1865–1880 also emphasizes innovative approaches, recognizing that such recovery inherently challenges methods ...

The Center for Black Literature and Culture (CBLC) at the Indianapolis Public Library (IndyPL) announced new programming for ...

Who decides what qualifies as a “masterpiece of African American literature”? The question is central to an audacious scheme that unfolds in Erasure, a 2001 novel by Percival Everett about a Black ...

A study of selected works by black American writers, such as Toomer, Wright, Ellison, Walker, and Morrison. Meets Core Curriculum Essential Learning Outcome for Diversity and Cultural Awareness (DCA) ...

Christina Davis-McCoy (center) and former Hoke County Sheriff Jim Davis grab some campaign literature at a meeting at the Robeson County African American Cultural Center in Lumberton, North Carolina, ...

It's an invitation into the legacy of classic African American literature." Bilal read Gaines' classics in high school and college, but for her, his impact reaches far beyond his novels.

"I have a background in journalism, English and African American literature," Abney said. "I wanted a job that would encompass all of those things, and I thought this would be perfect for me." ...

Three courses at the 100- or 200-level One course at the 100- or 200-level with a primary focus on the African diaspora Three courses with an advanced focus organized in one of five areas or pathways: ...

More than 45 supporters of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company played African instruments and sang with Baba Joseph ...

Literature brought him a kind of refuge during the violence ... the director of AWI and the Robert Schirmer Professor of Art ...

It is set to cover more than 400 years of African American history, touching on topics like literature, political science and geography. The course is part of a broader AP programme in US high ...