聊城大学外国语学院美国文学史与选读课件 Lecture24.pptVIP

African-American Literary Canon And Its Tradition African-American Literary Canon And Its Tradition Political Indignation Literary Tradition Literary Masters and Literary Canons Political Indignation Political Indignation (I) Slavery before the Civil War Slave trade since 1619 Cruelty of slavery Flee for freedom Education to improve Endurance The Fugitive Slave Law (1850) Abolitionist Participation in the Civil War Political Indignation (II) Political Dilemma after the Civil War Legal abolition of slavery (1863) Puzzlement about self-identiy Jim Crow era: violence, lynch President Johnson’s Reconstruction and new slavery Northward migration Urban discrimination and humility Political Indignation (III) White Terror before the WWII KKK at Atlanta, Georgia from 1915 and white superiority Draft into the WWI and discrimination Migration into northern cities and work Harlem Renaissance Continued struggle for equality Lefty force after the Great Depression Debate between Du Bois and Washington Political Indignation (IV) Black Identity after the WWII Black Power Movement (Civil Rights Movement) in 1950s and 1960s (to be continued) Black artist movement Vietnam War Better but still ambiguous identity Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964 Peaceful protest by sit-ins in Washington on August 28, 1963 Abolition of racial discrimination Pursuit of justice and civil right Protest throughout the country in over 100 cities in America after his assassination on April 23, 1968 I Have a Dream (1963) (to be continued) I Have a Dream (1963) Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hun