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2. Making dead and barren: Black women writers on the Civil Rights Movement and the problem of the American dream
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Bolton,Philathia R. (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Indiana: Purdue University
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- Examines death and barrenness images prevalent in literature produced by black women during the 1970s and 1980s, taking for study the novels Bluest Eye (1970), Praisesong for the Widow (1983), Corregidora (1975), and Mama Day (1988). Argues that images in these narratives represent contemporary manifestations of social death that directly relate to what belief in the American dream, and that these images symbolize the ways in which decisions made had a deadening effect on black communities, primarily experienced as a loss of social sensibility and vitality of relationships.
3. My song: A memoir
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Belafonte,Harry, (Author) and Shnayerson,Michael, (Collab.)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 01/01; 2011
- Published:
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- A personal account of an era of enormous cultural and political change, which reveals Harry Belafonte as not only one of America's greatest entertainers, but also one of our most profoundly influential activists. Belafonte spent his childhood in both Harlem and Jamaica, where the toughness of the city and the resilient spirit of the Caribbean lifestyle instilled in him a tenacity to face the hurdles of life head-on and channel his anger into positive, life-affirming actions. He returned to New York City after serving in the Navy in World War II, and found his calling in the theater, before transitioning into a career as a singer and Hollywood leading man. During the 1960s civil rights movement, Belafonte became close friends with Martin Luther King, Jr., and used his celebrity as a platform for his activism in civil rights and countless other political and social causes. This book tells the inspiring story of an original and powerful entertainer who has always engaged fiercely with the issues of his day.