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Barbara Christian, Black women novelists, and Berkeley
By Elizabeth Cali
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Studying Black Writing
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Portals making ideas about African American novels and collections available through a podcast, visualizations, briefs, and interactive search engines.
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BLN is designed to make information and ideas about African American novels widely available. The portals for the Network address several basic yet enduring questions: What’s a good African American novel to read? What’s the story behind the publication of some famous novels by black writers? What’s the relationship of one novel to dozens of other novels? What key terms assist us in understanding the works of black writers?
Featured Archival Collection
The Original KC (KS) Athletics in the Late Forties
Late 1940’s photograph of the Kansas City (Kansas) Athletics at Heathwood Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Pictured are Readie White (1st row, far right), Moses Byers (2nd row, 5th from left), Jesse Byers (2nd row, 6th from left), and Thomas A. Benton (2nd row, 7th from left).
Owned and contributed by Vern Byers and Gail Anthony-Byers.
Location: Heathwood Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Featured Podcast
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel,The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award.