Civil Rights Reader - American Literature From Jim Crow to Reconciliation

Informationen zum Autor Julie Buckner Armstrong is an associate professor of English at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. She is coeditor of "Teaching the American Civil Rights Movement: Freedom's Bittersweet Song." Amy Schmidt is completing a doctoral degree in English at the University of Arkansas. Klappentext Offers perspectives on civil rights. This anthology gathers works by some of the influential writers to engage issues of race and social justice in America! including James Baldwin! Flannery O'Connor! Amiri Baraka! and Nikki Giovanni. Zusammenfassung This anthology of drama, essays, fiction, and poetry presents a thoughtful, classroom-tested selection of the best literature for learning about the long civil rights movement. Including works by some of the most influential writers to engage issues of race and social justice, including James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, and Nikki Giovanni.

Product details

• Assisted by: Julie Armstrong (Editor), Julie Buckner Armstrong (Editor), Amy Schmidt (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780820332253
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3225-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies