W.E.B. DuBois: Double Consciousness

W.E.B. DuBois is the author of The Souls of Black Folk published in 1903. The poem, "Double Consciousness" is from the book and is still relevant today.

If you're interested in Mr. DuBois and the legacy he left behind, please click here.

More links:

A Biographical sketch of W.E.B. DuBois

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Richard Wright

He is best known for the powerful novel, Native Son and also Black Boy, Uncle Tom's Children and The Outsider. Author Richard Wright was much more than that as the following video clips will show you.

We should add the entire story is not complete until you've read these links:

Wikipedia -Richard Wright

Richard Wright's Life

Video: Slave Narrative One: Olaudah Equiano

This is a very powerful slave narrative from Olaudah Equiano, 1789.

Courtesy:YouTube.

Inside Black Book Clubs, NPR 2007

This is from NPR's series on the 'Black Literary Imagination' with a focus on Black book clubs.

The Black Literary Imagination from NPR (2007), Becoming a Writer

In this NPR archived series of the 'Black Literary Imagination', this segment reveals what it takes to be a writer and what it takes to be successful in the art.

The Black Literary Imagination from NPR (2007), Social Consciousness

This is another in the past NPR series of the 'Black Literary Imagination' from 2007. This segment discusses social consciousness in our literature. The guests such as Colin Channer, Ishmael Reed, Joyce Carol Thomas go into detail why using the power of the pen in social matters in a powerful tool.

The Black Literary Imagination from NPR (2007)

The following article comes from the archives of NPR in their series of examining the Black Literary Imagination. In the first segment,Ted Mason, a professor at Kenyon College and Jerry Ward, Jr., a professor at Dillard University, discuss the past of Black literature, where it stands in the present day and what authors and writers must do to maintain the art in the future.