Month: March 2020

+ a raisin in the sun, adam conover, arthur miller, death of a salesman, f. scott fitzgerald, imani perry, jackie ormes, lorraine hansberry, nikole hannah-jones, patty-jo 'n' ginger, shelley v kraemer, the great gatsby

Lorraine Hansberry “A Raisin in the Sun” Lecture: Part II

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Last post, I wrote about the first part of my lecture for Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. I discussed the ways that I connected Hansberry’s play to the rest of the course, specifically to John Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. As well, I looked at the importance of Hansberry’s play … Read More Lorraine Hansberry “A Raisin in the Sun” Lecture: Part II

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+ a raisin in the sun, american history, american literature, arthur miller, black panther, death of a salesman, fulbright, fulbright award, gwendolyn brooks, j. william fulbright, james baldwin, langston hughes, liesl tommy, lorraine hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisn in the Sun” Lecture: Part I

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My final lecture last fall for the American literature course at the University of Bergen was on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. A couple of years ago, I wrote about the presence of Big Walter on stage during a performance in Boston that was directed by Liesl Tommy. As well, I have discussed my other lectures fro the American Literature class: Introductory … Read More Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisn in the Sun” Lecture: Part I

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+ a gathering of old men, bloodline, charles chesnutt, ernest j gaines, frank yerby, harper lee, lillian e smith, now is the time, to kill a mockingbird

What keeps us from acting?

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Lillian Smith wrote Now is the Time (1955) in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Smith saw the decision as every child’s Magna Carta, and in Now is the Time, she laid out that in order to move forward, we must act. The book, in essence, as Rose Gladney and Lisa Hodgens put it, “crystallized approximately two decades … Read More What keeps us from acting?

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+ barry sanders, bergen, Norway, bernie sanders, democratic socialism, denmark, detroit lions, fulbright, fulbright award, garth brooks, j. william fulbright, norway

Why we shouldn’t be a democratic socialist nation

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Last week, at a concert in Detroit, MI, Garth Brooks wore a Barry Sanders jersey. Sanders, of course, was the Detroit Lions’ running back from 1989-1998. Brooks shared a photo of him wearing the Sanders jersey, and some, however, did not make the connection, thinking that the picture showed Brooks supporting Bernie Sanders. One person responded, “Nothing like supporting a communist to loss [sic] … Read More Why we shouldn’t be a democratic socialist nation

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