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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Writing, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Articles that examine the goals of black literature. It primarily focuses on the advent of the New Negro Movement and critics assertion that black writing should abandon its explicit social and political purposes in favor of more...
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PBS

Pbs: Literature & Life Givens Collection (Afr. Am. Lit)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PBS site explores African-American literature from its beginnings to the present. Includes an on-line study guide.
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Other

A Literature of Place

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Author Barry Lopez shares his observations about the literature of place in the United States. In this piece he examines how nature writing addresses the universal theme of connection between humans and the environment.