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Bitter Fruit: African American Women in World War II

Book by Maureen Honey; University of Missouri Press, 1999

Subjects:

African American Women--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...not cover African American newspapers...many black women poets and ction...Deeply Cut: American Women Poets and the Second...here affected African American...looking at black women poets validating African American courage...
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Success Factors of Young African American Women at a Historically Black College

Book by Marilyn J. Ross; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

Academic Achievement--United States, African American College Students--Social Conditions, African American Universities And Colleges, African American Women--Education (Higher)

Collections: Education, Entire Library

A companion to the author's Success Factors of Young African American Males (1998), this volume contains case studies of young African American women. The young women share their experiences and insights and show how they have overcome considerable obstacles and persevered in obtaining a college education at an historically black college.
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Written by Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

Book by Frances Smith Foster; Indiana University Press, 1993

Subjects:

African American Women In Literature, African American Women--Intellectual Life, African Americans In Literature, American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This is the first comprehensive cultural of history of literature by African American women prior to the Twentieth century. Beginning with the earliest extant writings, Frances Smith Foster her textual analysis within the writers' social and literary contexts.
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African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965

Book by Ann D. Gordon, Bettye Collier-Thomas; University of Massachusetts Press, 1997

Subjects:

African American Women Social Reformers--History, African American Women--Political Activity--History, African Americans--Suffrage--History, Suffragists--United States--History, Women--Suffrage--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

"An exciting and pathbreaking collection containing many exceptionally well-written, thought-provoking, insightful essays on a subject that has never before received this concentrated attention". -- Darlene Clark Hine
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African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Responses

Book by Dorie J. Gilbert, Ednita M. Wright; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

African American Women--Diseases, Aids (Disease)--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...to control the epidemic among African Americans. We must somehow stop being Cassandra-who...of our people, especially our women. We cannot tolerate the denial...Hughes? Keep on climbin. Our poets, leaders, writers, and singers...

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Distant Resonances: Contemporary Scottish Women Poets and African-American Music

Journal article by Laura Severin; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

African American music--Influence, African Americans--Influence, African Americans--Music, Authors, Scottish--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Scottish--Works, Scottish poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Scottish poetry--Social aspects, Scottish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Scottish writers--Works, Women poets--Criticism and interpretation, Women poets--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Contemporary Scottish Women Poets and African-American Music. by...impact of the African-American musical tradition...contemporary Scottish women poets Liz Lochhead...alternatives values. In African-American music, Scottish women poets found an art...
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African American Women and Education: Marita Bonner's Response to the "Talented Tenth."

Journal article by Judith Musser; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 34, 1997

Subjects:

African American women--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Bonner, Marita--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Harlem Renaissance--Literature, Talented Tenth (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...program for education would present more challenges for African American women. (1) According to Lewis (127), Georgia Douglas Johnsons...and odd came together on Saturday nights. There were poets Waring Cuney, Mae Miller, Sterling Brown, Angelina...
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African American Women's Poetry in the Christian Recorder, 1855-1865: A Bio-Bibliography with Sample Poems

Journal article by Eric Gardner; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

Subjects:

African American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, African American poetry--Works, African American women poets--Criticism and interpretation, African American women poets--Personalities, African American women poets--Works, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--Works, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...several early African American women poets who published...26 Recorder poets who were African American women, and more limited...of defining African Americans as human beings...inclusion of "name" poets like Harriet...Stowe, two women poets whose...
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"The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood

Journal article by Richard Flynn; African American Review, Vol. 34, 2000

Subjects:

African American women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--African American authors, Brooks, Gwendolyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Chicago, Illinois--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...designation African-American" in Report...Why Negro Women Leave Home...Sisters: Women Poets, Literary...Flowin?": The African-American Migration...Deeply Cut: American Women Poets and the Second...the Bar." African American...
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"To a Place Blessed" : For Margaret Walker

Journal article by R. Baxter Miller; African American Review, Vol. 33, 1999

Subjects:

African American women poets--Biography, Walker, Margaret A.--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...American Poets Between Worlds...monograph on African American Southern...for Younger Poets to honor...writer of the African American South and...foremost poets of ideas...critic of the African American South. A...

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In the Beginning

Magazine article by Peggy Rosenthal; The Christian Century, Vol. 119, January 30, 2002

Subjects:

African American women poets--Works, Clifton, Lucille--Authorship, Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 (Book)--Appreciation, Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...co-creating. Lucille Clifton is an African-American whose consciousness of her race...disorientation. But the sign of the poets Cain that is most heartbreaking...is author, most recently, of The Poets Jesus (Oxford University Press...
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Walking across the Floor: A Conversation with Colleen J. McElroy

Magazine article by Charlotte Watson Sherman; American Visions, Vol. 10, April 1995

Subjects:

African American college teachers--Interviews, African American women authors--Interviews, African American women poets--Interviews, Creative writing--Philosophy, NcElroy, Charlotte Watson--Interviews

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...writers in the world. They are unique, but they do not stand alone. With them stand a legion of yet-to-be-recognized African-American writers. Though many are aware that Wilson and novelist Charles Johnson make their homes in Seattle, fewer people...
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A Revival with Sonia Sanchez

Magazine article by Jabari Asim; American Visions, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

African American women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Does Your House Have Lions (Book)--Authorship, Sanchez, Sonia--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...being included," she says. African words and phrases invoke a...the past experiences of black Americans and their present lives. "I...understands the feelings of young poets. Shes been there herself...sufferers and their loved ones, the poets devotion to language shines...
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Freestyle Ambassador

Magazine article by Nina Siegal; Book, July 2001

Subjects:

African American women poets--Conduct of life, Blackman, Toni--Conduct of life, Rap singers--Conduct of life

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Ghana by the U.S. State Department. She has traveled the two African nations giving lectures, teaching master classes and giving...materialistic or destructive undertone. "Theyre worried about what this American phenomenon is doing to their culture," she says. Blackman believes...
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Oprah Throws a Party: Biggest Birthday Bash Honors Poet Maya Angelou

Magazine article by Richard Shay; Ebony, Vol. 48, June 1993

Subjects:

African American women poets--Rites and ceremonies, Angelou, Maya--Rites and ceremonies, Winfrey, Oprah--Conduct of life

Collections: Entire Library

...Graylyn Conference Center on the Winston-Salem, N.C., campus of Wake Forest University, where Angelou is Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Ashford Simpson entertained at the formal buffet dinner, which was the highlight of an event that set a new standard...

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Live Poets' Society

Newspaper article by Jonetta Rose Barras; The Washington Times, August 6, 1999

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

...resurrected. The citys African-American literary community...known as the Howard Poets. Led by Percy...critically acclaimed "Women of Plums." Her...when two other poets and I decided we...preservation and study of African-American literature. She...
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Poets Find Their Muses between Brush Strokes

Newspaper article by Christine Montgomery Christine Montgomery; The Washington Times, May 15, 1999

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

...National Museum of American Arts "Picturing...Thursday, the poets - all locals...photograph of three women sewing, which...director of the African-American Resource Center...am." Other poets who will read...literature at American University; Hilary...
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SUPPORTING SISTERS: A Bookstore Where Black Women Can Talk

Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, April 9, 1997

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

...authors and poets. Sisterspace...will hold an African American Women Writers Conference...writers, poets and playwrights...Hansberry, women enjoy a literary...place where African-American women can...Barron, an African-American specialist...series include women and finances...
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Renaissance Women Reign over Exhibits

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, September 8, 2001

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

...and mercantile-class women with attenuated necks...coral lips and cheeks. Poets Dante and Petrarch had...lacked excellent Asian and African shows, thanks to the...Antioch was "lost" until an American-led team of archaeologists...Anton Gallery introduces American Indian artist Jaune Quick-to-See...
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Carter a Natural to Write Play about Poet Wheatley

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 7, 2005

Subjects:

Black History Month, Poets

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

...about Americas first published African-American poet in the play "Wheatley," now...She really is the mother of all women of color artists. She had a wonderful...said. Surely the first published African-American poet would be pleased that her...

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...lives of minorities and women. Beginning with Lorraine...drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...prolific of the centurys African-American playwrights, August...Feminist and other women-centered themes dramatized...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...Waste Land (1922) was a watershed in both American and English literary history. Its difficulty...bleak antiromanticism were to influence poets for decades. Equally important was the...and the supercivilized urges of men and women. Sensitivity and psychological subtlety...

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