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African American Literature

African American literature spans several centuries and encompasses a variety of themes and genres, reflecting the evolving experiences and challenges faced by Black writers. In the 18th century, the first literary works published in the USA included poignant slave narratives like Olaudah Equiano'

African American Literature

African American Literature By Jhonatan Marulanda & Santiago Arboleda

20th Century

Other Literary Works of the Century
Richard Wright: Native Son in 1940

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man in 1952

Alice Walker: The Color Purple in 1982

Toni Morrison: Beloved in 1987

Deep South to trace paths of institutionalized racism
Jean Toomer

Toomer's Cane in 1923

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Were Watching God in 1937

Fiction & Poetry by Black Writers
The Poet Claude Mckay

"If We Must Die" in 1917

Essays Concerning Social Mobility and Access to Employment & Education
Black Writers Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois hju

Dubois' Souls Of Black Folk in 1903

Washington's Up From Slavery in 1901

19th Century

Slave Narrative
Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861

Abolitionist Movement
Frederick Douglas' Autobiography

Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas in 1845

18th Century

First literary works published in USA
Slave Narratives

The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The African in 1789