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I, Too

"I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong."
-Langston Hughes, I,Too

ZACH

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Dust Tracks on a Road

"The five years following my leaving the school at Jacksonville were haunted. I was shifted from house to house of my relatives and friends and found comfort nowhere," (p. 87).
-Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road

MICHELLE

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Up from Slavery

"As a rule, not only did the members of my race entertain no feelings of bitterness against the whites before and during the war, but there are many instances of Negroes tenderly caring for their former masters and mistresses who for some reason have become poor and dependent since the war."
- Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery

HAYLEY

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19th/20th Century African American Literature

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19th/20th Century African American Literature

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You will find some of the more prominent African-American authors in the 19th Century. These authors laid the foundation and framework for success for many African-American writers to come. The task is now for each student to post a quick quote from an African-American author from either the 19th or 20th century. Include a book that sounds interesting to you or one that you would enjoy reading. Remember to write your name at the bottom of your post, as this is a first come first serve basis on authors. If someone already took your author, then you must find a new author.

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The Souls of Black Folk

“One ever feels his twoness, -- an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”
- W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk

JOHN

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!"
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

ADAM