African-American literature

African-American literature essay using research and writing 1 annotated bibliography page of at least 3 sources

In an essay, not including works cited page of about 6 pages plus 1 annotated bibliography page, use close reading and explication skills to advance an argument, in 1500 to 1600 words, about one of the works or websites we have read or used for this class. Before starting your paper, read over the author’s works, which we read in this class, to refresh your memory. What questions or issues arise for you as a 21st century reader?In your research, do some of your questions get answered? Do “experts” disagree about the author and his or her writing? What else can you find out about Black Abolitionists, The Freedmen’s Bureau, or Jim Crow caricatures and products from academic writers?At this point, consider one of the following as a central question for your paper:Why is this author important to study and understand? Point out specific areas of the writing you think are most significant, backed up with commentary by the “experts.”
What lessons would high school students learn from studying this author? Give at least three examples from the author’s writings that will especially illuminate this time period and historical conditions for the students.
What do scholars write about this author that you believe is wrong and why?
How would a Feminist, Marxist, or New Historicist analysis of this text bring new understanding to it for today’s readers?
How would you approach one of the websites as a resource for teaching high school students about the Freedmen’s Bureau, Jim Crow, or Black Abolition? What would you assign students to read, analyze and do in the website to increase their understanding both of the issues raised by the website and the value of historical research? Justify your choices by citing experts.

Here are the authors and websites from which you may choose to write about:Phillis Wheatley’s Poetry – http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/409/pg409-images.html
Frederick Douglass – Narrative of his Life – http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html
Narrative of the Life of William Green – http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/greenw/greenw.html
Nat Turner’s Confessions – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h500t.html
Martin R. Delany – “The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States,” Chapters 2 and 23. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17154/17154-h/17154-h.htm
Bishop Richard Allen’s original writing. Please read the following excerpts. pp. 1-21, pp. 45-49 docsouth.unc.edu/neh/allen/allen.html
Harriet Jacobs – “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” – http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html
Solomon Northup – “Twelve Years a Slave” – Chapter 18 – http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/northup/northup.html#northup250
Elizabeth Keckley – Girlhood and its Sorrows, Chapter 2 – http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/digs/wwm9713/@Generic__BookTextView/319;hf=0#X
Pauline Hopkins – “Contending Forces” Chapters 2, 8 and 22. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195052589.do
Susie King Taylor – “After the War” – http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/digs/wwm97267/@Generic__BookTextView/868;hf=0#X
W.E.B. DuBois – “The Souls of Black Folk” – Chapters 1-7. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm
Booker T. Washington – “Up From Slavery” – Chapters 1,2,3,5,7,8, and 14. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2376
Booker T. Washington – “The Atlanta Compromise Speech” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/
Paul Laurence Dunbar – poetry – http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/paul-laurence-dunbar
Ida B. Wells – “Southern Horror – Lynch Laws in All Its Phases” – http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14975/14975-h/14975-h.htmOther online resources you may use:
Black Abolitionist Archive –http://research.udmercy.edu/find/special_collections/digital/baa/
Jim Crow Museum – http://www.ferris.edu/JIMCROW/
Freedmen’s Bureau – http://freedmensbureau.com/

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