African Writers Series

Walter Mosley is one of the most adaptable and admired writers in America today. He is the writer of a lot serious acclaimed books, including his major bestselling mystery series Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages that includes, his fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in "The New York Times Magazine and The Nation”, among other publications. He is the

The Harlem Renaissance and its Effect on African American Literature Thesis: The literary movement during the Harlem Renaissance was a raging fire that brought about new life for the African American writer; its flame still burns today through the writings of contemporary African American writers. I. The Harlem Renaissance- Its Beginning and Development II. The Major Writers A. Claude McKay B. Jean Toomer C. Countee Cullen D. Langston Hughes E. Zora Neale Hurston III

He was an extremely gifted athlete, and, as a result, became the first African American to win varsity letters in four different sports at UCLA in 1939 (“The Jackie Robinson Foundation”). He served in the Army as a Second Lieutenant and “was honorably discharged after facing insubordination charges for refusing to move to the

and without realizing the harmful effects that racism has on its victims. The Antebellum South promoted the idea that African Americans should be considered slaves and that it would be wrong for a white individual to treat such a person as an equal. The central character in the story, Desiree, is

black actors, were regressive given their use of stereotypes about African Americans. This exact film described a black man who gains powers and uses them to fight crime usually caused by racist white people. Though the film itself performed stereotypes about black men and women, it is perhaps the first African American superhero on film. Interestingly, Afar: The First Black Superman is still the only superhero film centering on an African

DY-NO-MITE! Stereotypical Images of African-Americans on Television Sitcoms The more television changes, the more it stays the same for the genre of African American sitcoms. Some critics believe that African Americans will never accept the images they see of themselves on network television. Like whites, African Americans on television sitcoms should be portrayed “in the full array of cultures that exist in our society.” Most likely, the majority of white television viewers see a sitcom as

1. the timeline for the Literature of Realism, Naturalism and Modernism 1940-1960 in the Norton Anthology of African American Literature 3rd Edition Volume 2, pp. 1522-1523 and identify what you believe are three primary events that occurred and explain why you believe they had a significant impact on the period. 1940 – Over 40 killed in race riots in Detroit and Harlem. 1955 – 14 year old Emmett Tile lynched in Mississippi. 1960 - Sit-in Staged by four black students at Woolworth lunch in North

on, became a paralytic because of a series of strokes. His mother’s health issues forced them to move to Elaine, Arkansas then to Jackson, Mississippi. Although he switched schools several times, he did end up with a diploma, “Schooled in Jackson, Mississippi, Wright only managed to get a ninth-grade education, but he was a voracious reader and showed early on that he had a gift with words. When he was 16, a short story of his was published in a Southern African-American newspaper.” (Biography.com

the concept of the African Diaspora has received a lot of attention from the general public as a result of the complex ideas that it puts across. There are a series of notable figures from the nineteenth century who proved that the African Diaspora would have a significant influence on the Western World, considering that these people were determined to express their passion in regard to their background and to their overall role on the American continent. The concept of the African Diaspora goes back

August Wilson was a famous and influential playwright who wrote about the African American experience and conflicts with the White world. Although he may be argued as one of the greatest playwrights in America, I myself have only heard of his work once when my seventh grade English class read Fences, a play about a man and his son dealing with dealing with racism while also dealing with their own conflict when the son wants to follow in the steps of his father and become a professional athlete. I