A Research on African-American Literature - 1898 Words

African American Literature Introduction The history of African Americans in America has been a tale of relentless desire for the American Dream of freedom and prosperity. White Americas reactions to that desire and the resulting struggles in different periods have been faithfully chronicled by Art, Music and Literature. Though there are numerous works recounting racial relations in America, the three assigned readings, To My Old Master, Sonnys Blues and Birmingham Sunday, give exceptional reflections of the 1860s 1950s and 1960s America by notable African Americans. To My Old Master by Jourdon Anderson To My Old Master (Young, 1996, pp. 15-16) is chronologically the first of the three selected readings and is a letter written on August 7, 1865. 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