AFAS (Literature)

Unlike the historical figures from the last research, these figures where into literature and they wrote about their struggles, individuality, and other issues that disturbed them. They all made an impact during the early 1900. Some of which are still alive now. In a way, they structured writing for blacks. They were not all Americans, but they defined the ways that literature was read and written. Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe were two historical figures in …

…later wrote Song of Solomon, which deals more with an African American man who went back to his hometown to learn more about his culture. In 1987, Morrison was named the Robert F. Goheen Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, becoming the first black woman ever to hold a chair at an Ivy League school. She currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Bibliography http://www.biography.com/search/ http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation.