0504-466 - Early Black Writers

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

The seeds of African-American letters were planted in slavery and bloomed in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's. In this course students research and discuss the major contributors to that legacy, a list of writers that includes Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ida B. Wells, William Wells Brown, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay. Part of the minority relations concentration; the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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