For your Final Paper you will write about a topic of your choosing related to the following eras in African American Literature: Your essay may focus on a particular theme or time period, or you may present an original critical argument that either challenges or supports a philosophy or point of view presented by 2-3 of the assigned authors. References will be given once a deal is made https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/george-moses-horton https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52307/on-liberty-and-slavery http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-j-r-barlow/ https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/of-booker-t-washington-and-others/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-W-Chesnutt https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11057?msg=welcome_stranger https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-from-birmingham-city-jail-excerpts/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/aahistory/MalcolmX.pdf
