AADS/ENGL 3328.01
In her novel The Bondswoman’s Narrative, Hannah Crafts highlights the impossibility of southern Christianity. While many southerners claim to be men of God, their pledge to preserve the ‘peculiar institution’ of slavery supersedes their Christian morals. When relaying the legend of Rose and her execution, Crafts notes of Sir Clifford that he “made it a boast…
In her novel Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo, Ntozake Shange makes repeated use of the phrase “The South in her” in reference to Indigo. First appearing on page four when spoken by Indigo’s mother Hilda, it is thereafter a standalone motif at the end of a paragraph, appearing five more times throughout the novel. Shange’s repetitive…
Shaka King’s historical dramatization of the betrayal of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton by FBI informant Bill O’Neill is a progressive masterpiece. King’s depicts the war between the revolutionary Black Panthers and the inherently racist FBI led by paranoid J. Edgar Hoover. The Panther’s programs to bring the community out of poverty (free healthcare, breakfast,…