Thursday, May 24
12:08 pm    Passing Period

African-American Literature	010A	2 Credits
African-American Literature/Honors	010B	2 Credits

African-American Literature focuses on the development of black writing in America from folklore to contemporary fiction.  Among the works studied are:  Margaret Walker’s Jubilee, selections from Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery, W.E.B. DuBois’s Souls of Black Folk, Nella Larsen’s Passing, Richard Wright’s Native Son, The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon or The Bluest Eye.  The readings address the horrors of slavery; the riches of the Harlem Renaissance; black struggles against institutional racism; subsequent anger, activism, and radicalism; and, finally, African American contributions to contemporary life and literature. 

Curriculum Map for African-American Literature