African+American+Literature

=__Analyzing Speeches__= "We Shall Overcome," Lyndon B. Johnson "Yes We Can," Barack Obama "I Have a Dream," Martin Luther King, Jr.

[] = = =__Warm-Up: 3/12/12__=

Look at the following photo, and answer the following questions:
 * 1) What is going on in this photo?
 * 2) Where and when was this photo taken?
 * 3) Based on what you observed, what questions does this photo raise in your mind?



Elizabeth Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine-the first black students to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was a fifteen-year-old tenth grader in the fall of 1957. Elizabeth first attempted to attend Central High on September 4,1957. She was prevented from entering the building by the Arkansas National Guard, which had been ordered by Governor Faubus to keep black students out. Elizabeth moved toward the bus stop and an angry mob followed her. Will Counts photographed Elizabeth enduring hostile looks and racial slurs.

“On September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford walked to this door for her first day of school, utterly alone. She was turned away by people who were afraid of change, instructed by ignorance, hating what they simply could not understand. **And America saw her, haunted and taunted for the simple color of skin, and in the image caught a very disturbing glimpse of ourselves.”** -//President William J. Clinton in his remarks at the 40th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School. September 25, 1997.//

Daisy Bates and The Little Rock Nine

= The Harlem Renaissance Poetry Mash-Up = Link to your Glogs below. Be sure to include the title and your first and last name. See my example below. __**Due by Tuesday, 3/13/12 at 10 p.m.**__ __**[|"Harlem Life" poem by Anthony Lyles]**__ [|'A time of Art and Music: affecting mentally & emotionally" by Antawn Sanders] "Sample Glog" by Ms. Futrell ==[|"Finding Hope" by Damian Smith] -- Guys, Damian did a GREAT job with his poem and Glog. Be sure to go look at it. -Ms. Futrell== "Harlem, Oh dear Harlem" by Khalia Parker "My Life" By Destiny Chestnut "[|Free We Will Be" By Sarah Ford] [|''Here In Harlem" By Jenny Chompholphakdy] Harlem Poem by Jade Manley "They Can't hold me down" By Tiante Washington

**The Harlem Renaissance**

 * Essential Questions:**
 * 1) How do the literary (and artistic) works of the Harlem Renaissance promote unity and consciousness within the African American community?
 * 2) How do writers reflect their struggles through poetry?

"Weepin' Willow Blues"by Bessie Smith "Black Beauty" by Duke Ellington "Drop Me Off in Harlem" by Adlaide Hall
 * Music**


 * Art**