ENGL 2281: African American Literature: Getting Started

This guide will highlight resources to help you conduct research on African-American authors and their works.

What's in This Guide?

This guide will connect you to books, articles from research databases, and websites focusing on African-American writers and works of literature.  Discover resources on slavery or HBCUs. Click on the tabs above to connect to library resources and beyond to help you get started and find the information you need.

Aminah Robinson's painting, "Making Sweetsoap in the Backyard"

Aminah Robinson, Makin' Sweetsoap in the Backyard

Richard Wright

"The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing." -Richard Wright

 

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