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1. (March 1 - 1914 - April 16 - 1994) An American novelist - literary critic - scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City - Oklahoma. Best known for his novel Invisible Man - which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act

2. (1871-1938) Leading African American author - poet - early civil rights activist - and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jacksonville - Florida - he was the first African American accepted to the Florida bar. He served in several pu

3. American sociologist - historian - civil rights activist - Pan-Africanist - author and editor. Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta Compromise - an agreement crafted by Booker T. Washington which provided that Southern blacks would work and

4. James Baldwin. 1953. The novel examines the role of the Christian Church in the lives of African-Americans - both as a source of repression and moral hypocrisy and as a source of inspiration and community. It also - more subtly - examines racism in t

5. Booker T. Washington - 1901 - autobiography detailing his work to rise from the position of a slave child during the Civil War - to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University - to his work establishin

6. (February 18 - 1931) An American novelist - editor - and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes - vivid dialogue - and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye - Sula - Song of Solomon and Beloved.

7. (April 5 - 1856 - November 14 - 1915) Representative of the last generation of black American leaders born in slavery - he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their ability to vote through disfranchisem

8. A term invented by WEB Du Bois to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets. African Americans in particular struggle with a multi-faceted conception of self. This results from African slaves being torn away from their home

9. Richard Wright (1908-1960) - the grandson of slaves - in this novel tells the story of Bigger Thomas - an African-American of the poorest class - struggling to live in the Chicago - Illinois of the 1930s. His life - however - is doomed from the outse

10. (January 7 - 1891 - January 28 - 1960) An American folklorist - anthropologist - and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Of her four novels and more than 50 published short stories - plays - and essays - she is best known for her 1937 n

11. Another Country - Notes of a Native Son - Go Tell It on the Mountain - Blues for Mister Charlie. Focus: racial prejudice - sex - sexist attitudes - poverty - alienation from family (especially men from their fathers) - bisexuality. Hatred often destr

12. James Baldwin. Self-destructive vision - USA is another country. Rufus Scott- a bisexual jazz drummer who has an affair w/ Leona - a white woman whom he brutalizes before he commits suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. Other character

13. (February 9 - 1944) An American author - poet - and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and th

14. A series of essays by WEB Du Bois focusing on racial and social issues in America.

15. Play by James Baldwin. White man murders a black man - then throws his body in the weeds. Reflection upon racism in US. Characters: Lyle Britten - Richard Henry

16. (September 4 - 1908 - November 28 - 1960) An African-American author of sometimes controversial novels - short stories - poems - and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes - especially those involving the plight of African America

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