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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Charles W. Chesnutt, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A short story that explores the influence of the Southern plantation past on African American efforts to create new urban identities and the predicaments of post-emancipation life.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Freedom: Charles W. Chesnutt: African American Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Short story that explores the cultural and linguistic resources that sustained African Americans in the first years of freedom. This resource focuses on Charles Chesnutt and the influence he achieved by writing about race for a white...