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Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Shelia Smith McKoy, Ph.D

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Dr. Sheila Smith McKoy discusses the relationship between African American oral tradition and African American literary tradition. She follows this with readings and interpretations from the first published African American poet, Jupiter Hammon. Next, she provides a brilliant portrayal of the Harlem Renaissance along with three of its prominent writers: Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alain LeRoy Locke and Paul Laurence Dunbar. She then moves on to analyses of playwrights Alice Childress and Suzan-Lori Parks. She concludes with a personal account of the iconic Maya Angelou. Part of the "Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews" series.