ACOM 255 - African-American Literature

A survey of the stories, novels, memoirs, and poetry of prominent African-American writers. Themes of race, culture, family, love, racism, and patriotism, as well as what it means to be black in America, are viewed through the literature of some of America’s most noted authors, including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, and Thomas Sayers Ellis.

3 credits

Prerequisite: Writing Essentials or successful placement into English Composition