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Books on: african american authors

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African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2000

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African American Authors--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...significant concerns in American culture as a whole...middle- class black Americans" 30 . In Bruces view...nineteenth- century African American authors "also allowed them...Implications of Early African-American Fiction...
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Belabored Professions: Narratives of African American Working Womanhood

Book by Xiomara Santamarina; University of North Carolina Press, 2005

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African American Women In Literature, African American Women In The Professions--History, African American Women--Biography--History And Criticism, African American Women--Employment--History, African American Women--Intellectual Life--19th Century, American Prose Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Prose Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Prose Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Autobiography--African American Authors, Autobiography--Women Authors, Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th Century, Women And Literature--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...literature-African American authors- History and criticism. 2. American prose literature-Women authors-History and criticism. 3. American prose literature-i9th...History-i9th century. 5. African American women-Biography-History...
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Brown Gold: Milestones of African American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002

Book by Michelle H. Martin; Routledge, 2004

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African Americans In Art, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Children's Literature, American--Bibliography, Children's Literature, American--History And Criticism, Picture Books For Children--United States, Picture Books For Children--United States--Bibliography

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...an acceptable part of African-American childrens literature...of the most prolific authors of books about the black experience, authors like Ezra Jack Keats...This practice of white authors writing African-American...in chapter 6, Anglo author William Miller, for...
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African American Satire: The Sacredly Profane Novel

Book by Darryl Dickson-Carr; University of Missouri Press, 2001

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African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Political Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Political Satire, American--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Satire, American--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...developed by enslaved Africans, this negotiation...and justice to African Americans. Although I mark African American satires origins...argue that African American folklife always...existence of African American folk culture and/or the way certain authors have occasionally...texts by African Americans that could legitimately...
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Language and Literature in the African American Imagination

Book by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Africa--In Literature, African American Aesthetics, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life, African Americans--Languages, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, American Literature--African Influences, English Language--United States--Foreign Elements--African

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...the Literary Expression of Two African American Authors: Rita Dove and Yuset Komunyakaa...C. Jones Many of the younger African American writers will admit that...posthumous collection of essays on African American folk language, folk...

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Journal Articles on: african american authors

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Introduction: Reclaiming Julia C. Collins, Forgotten 19th-Century African American Author

Journal article by Veta Smith Tucker; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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African American literature--Works, African American women authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American women authors--Works, African American women writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American women writers--Works, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Works, Collins, Julia C.--Criticism and interpretation, Collins, Julia C.--Influence, Collins, Julia C.--Works, The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride (Novel)--Authorship, The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...most free African Americans believed...which African Americans would earn...rights as American citizens...sentiments of the author and "tried...those of the African American northern...beginning African Americans dreamed that...
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Black Like?: The Strange Case of Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins

Journal article by Jennifer Harris; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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African American women authors--Biography, African American women writers--Biography, Kelley-Hawkins, Emma Dunham--Biography

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...obscured their African American heritage...Exposing authors who are passing...posit that an author widely accepted as African American may not be...of African Americans. (10...century female authors clearly illustrate...by African American authors...
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Object Written, Written Object: Slavery, Scarring, and Complications of Authorship in Beloved

Journal article by Anita Durkin; African American Review, Vol. 41, 2007

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African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, Beloved (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Morrison, Toni--Criticism and interpretation, Morrison, Toni--Works, Slaves--Physiological aspects, Slaves--Portrayals

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...suggests a mode of African American authorship...of African Americans in works by white American authors and contemporary...Death of the Author) that insist...white American authors encode the exclusion of African Americans in...The white American author thus defines...of African Americans in canonical...
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The Sentiment of the Christian Serial Novel: The Curse of Caste; or the Slave Bride and the AME Christian Recorder

Journal article by Tomeiko Ashford Carter; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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African American literature--Criticism and interpretation, African American literature--Works, African American women authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American women authors--Works, African American women writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American women writers--Works, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Works, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--History, Collins, Julia C.--Criticism and interpretation, Collins, Julia C.--Influence, Collins, Julia C.--Works, The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride (Novel)--Authorship, The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride (Novel)--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...19th-century African American church-affiliated...about African American moral behavior...raced African Americans. Unwittingly...afrocentrist author Martin Delany...African American authors. Julia Collins...learned. The author is more interested...ideas with the authors," "to dissect...19th-century African American audiences...for African American achievement...few African Americans were privileged...
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The Dark Room Collective and Post-Soul Poetics

Journal article by Brian Reed; African American Review, Vol. 41, 2007

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African American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Post-aesthetic movement

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...generation of African American authors and artists...knowing the authors names, and...richness of African-American literature...that suggest African Americans are "hypersexual...conservative African American fear of negative...

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Magazine Articles on: african american authors

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USA: "The Best Way to Keep the Nigger from Voting Is to See Him the Night before Election"; A Powerful New Pictorial Book, the Coming Free - the Struggle for African American Equality 1954-1966 Has Just Been Published. in This Piece the Author, David Rubel, Provides a Little Taste of What the Book Offers

Magazine article by David Rubel; New African, April 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Coming Free - The Struggle for African American Equality 1954-1966 (Book)--Book reviews

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...the Struggle for African American Equality 1954...This Piece the Author, David Rubel...1920), African-Americans were still being...many African-Americans were lynched between...missionaries after the American Civil War). Unfortunately...prosperous African-Americans had jointly owned...
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Sex and Salvation: Best-Selling Author E. Lynn Harris Takes on Boy Bands, Antigay Politics, and African-American Megachurches in His New Novel

Magazine article by Michael Giltz; The Advocate, May 23, 2006

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Authors--Interviews, Harris, E. Lynn--Interviews, Writers--Interviews

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...Salvation: Best-Selling Author E. Lynn Harris Takes...Antigay Politics, and African-American Megachurches in His...was exhausted. The author of a series of juicy...apartment," says the author, who also has a place...collection of novellas by new authors, with one by Harris...
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Writing a New Chapter in Book Publishing: African Americans Are Making Money Doing What Others Thought Impossible; Getting Blacks to Buy Hardcover Books. but Do We Have the Clout?

Magazine article by Carolyn M, Brown; Black Enterprise, Vol. 25, February 1995

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African American authors--Marketing, American literature--African American authors, Literary agents--Directories, Publishing industry--Officials and employees

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...publishing: African Americans are making...African-American managers...genres, these authors write both...the noted African-American authors Jill Nelson...Black authors and publishers...appeal to African-Americans." BIG HOUSES...African-American, Asian...
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Book Reviewing, African-American Style

Magazine article by Wanda Coleman; The Nation, Vol. 275, September 16, 2002

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African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American literature, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--African American authors, Criticism--Analysis, Race relations--History, United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Book Reviewing, African-American Style...the leading African-American bookstore in Los Angeles...present-day African-American writers, no matter...shifting currents in American publishing. Into this...century, African-Americans are still denied full...two Afro-American authors, whose readership...could not guarantee the author the crossover or white...
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Summer Reading: Our Most Revered Writers' Favorite Works Validate for Us the Authors' Voices and Judgments - and Their Treasures

Magazine article; American Visions, Vol. 9, June 1994

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American literature--African American authors

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...validate for us the authors voices and judgments...validate for us the authors voices and judgments...three of our leading African-American writers...subtleties and nuances the author brings to this contemporary...resourceful young African-American hero I have ever seen...absorbed African-American mother since the evil...successful African Americans. I also completed...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american authors

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Let's End the Urban Legend of an African-American Tent City

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 2, 2010

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African Americans--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Urban Legend of an African-American Tent City. Byline...am sure both articles authors meant nothing but a respectful...was home to eight or so African-American families...World War II, before the African-American families settled...
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JK Rowling, the Author the Americans Just Love to Hate; Harry Potter's Creator on Top Ten Target List - for Promoting Witchcraft

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 30, 2006

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Americans

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JK Rowling, the Author the Americans Just Love to Hate...the list of writers Americans want to ban. The multimillionaire...As a result, the American Library Association...contains so many wonderful authors that her inclusion...Bird, J D Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye...Sings, the story of an African American childhood...
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Israel Lobby Aided Hill Visits for U.N. Report Author; S. African Excoriated Gaza War Campaign

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 30, 2010

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Lobbying--Political aspects, Lobbying--Reports

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...Visits for U.N. Report Author; S. African Excoriated Gaza War Campaign...of Congress and South African Judge Richard Goldstone...liberal alternative to the American Israel Public Affairs...before the retired South African jurist came to Washington...
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Group to Explore African-American Genealogy

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 21, 2009

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Associations, Associations, institutions, etc., Societies

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Group to Explore African-American Genealogy. Elgin Genealogical...Higgins will present "African-American Genealogy...with books from local authors available for sale...kanecountyaudubon.org. American Legion Post 119: The...
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HOW I PUT MY HUSBAND THROUGH THE HOOPS; after Learning about the Tricks That Trainers Use on Wild Animals, American Author Amy Sutherland Decided to Try the Same Techniques on Her Husband - with Dramatic Results

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 24, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...about the Tricks That Trainers Use on Wild Animals, American Author Amy Sutherland Decided to Try the Same Techniques on...I listened to a trainer describe how he had taught African crested cranes to stop landing on his head and shoulders...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american authors

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...meaninglessness of contemporary American life became a major...1960s and 70s. While authors such as Saul Bellow...violence inherent in American life at all levels of...attitudes in contemporary American society. The literature...encompasses the work of African-American (e.g...
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Ellison, Ralph

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...RALPH (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914 94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, Okla.; studied...Invisible Man (1952). A classic of American literature, it draws upon the authors experiences to detail the harrowing progress...
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Harlem

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...scene of increasing African-American migration from the...influential African-American community in the nation...Harlem Renaissance authors as Langston Hughes...and other Hispanic-Americans settled after World...performances by African-American musicians and entertainers...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...heroic dramas by such authors as John Dryden and...plays of Edward Albee (American). The pessimism and...trilogy; and in such American plays as Jason Millers...imitators), explored American culture with a kind...drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...
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Cable, George Washington

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...GEORGE WASHINGTON 1844 1925, American author, b. New Orleans. He is remembered...Discernible in some of them is the authors moral opposition to slavery and...with the betrayal of the freed African American slaves. See his letters, ed...

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