For your Final Paper you will write about a topic of your choosing related to the following eras in African American Literature:

• 1746-1865 (Spirituals, Slave Narratives)
• 1865-1940 (Reconstruction Era, Harlem Renaissance)
• African American Literature since 1940 (Civil Rights, Black Manhood, #MeToo)

Your essay may focus on a particular theme or time period, or you may present an original critical argument that either challenges or supports a philosophy or point of view presented by 2-3 of the assigned authors. 

• 1500-2000 words
• Double space
• MLA
• Your work must be formatted and documented in Directly quote from all sources used in the writing of the essay
• A Works Cited page must be included

References will be given once a deal is made 

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/george-moses-horton

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52307/on-liberty-and-slavery

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-j-r-barlow/

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/of-booker-t-washington-and-others/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-W-Chesnutt

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11057?msg=welcome_stranger

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-from-birmingham-city-jail-excerpts/

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/aahistory/MalcolmX.pdf