About the author

This site was written by May Nicol, an undergraduate History major at the City College of New York. Comments, questions, and criticism are welcome. Email: mnicol000@citymail.cuny.edu.

This project was created for Professor William Gibbon’s Fall 2021 FIQWS course “Historical Survey of African-American Literature,” taught in conjunction with Professor Michael Druffel. I would like to thank both professors for their dedication and help with this research project.

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