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Program 1: 1761 - 1901 - Fuel Program

Host Alphonse Keasley, Ph.D., introduces the lives and work of African-American authors in the eras of slavery and Reconstruction. From the poetry of Phillis Wheatley and Jupiter Hammon to the autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, these writers laid the groundwork for the black literary tradition.

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  Grade Level(s): 6 - 12
Media Type: Video
Subject: Language Arts | Reading | American Literature