Websites for FENCES

Use the following websites for your assignment.

Websites

Commentary on the play.	Class notes from Contemporary Drama Class (English 331) at the University of Indiana. http://english.uindy.edu/english_331_docs/fences.htm“Inspired by August Wilson.”  A project of Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. http://www.humboldt.edu/~ah/wilson/ Brief commentary and study questions from San Francisco United District Schools. http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch571/MLRQ/fences01.html
About the playwright.	Brief Biography from African.com. http://www.africana.com/research/encarta/tt_120.aspBiographical information and commentaries on his plays. http://www.bridgesweb.com/blacktheatre/wilson.html “Inspired by August Wilson.”  A project of Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. http://www.humboldt.edu/~ah/wilson/ The Hill District:  Home of August Wilson.  http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/hill/hill_n102.html
About the Negro Leagues.	“Welcome to Shadowball:  The Story of the Negro Leagues” http://library.thinkquest.org/3427/“Negro League Baseball.”     In particular, look at “FAQ” and “Profiles.” http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/profiles.html “The Pittsburgh Crawfords” http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/hill/hill_n255.html “The Homestead Grays” http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/hill/hill_n218.html
General history of the period.	From Kingwood College Library “American Cultural History:  1950-1959.” http://nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade50.html
Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and afterwards.	“Poetry Exhibitions:  Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond.”  In particular, look for poems that deal with the theme of dreams, especially American Dreams. http://www.poets.org/exh/Exhibit.cfm?prmID=7
“The African-American Odyssey:  the Civil Rights Era.”  U.S. Library of Congress, American Memory Collection.	For information on the African-American experience after World War II. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
The Blues.	“Blues, Gospel.”  U.S. Library of Congress American Memory Collection. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.htmlLook under “Projects: Collection of American Blues (inspired by August Wilson” on the Humboldt State site.  http://www.humboldt.edu/~ah/wilson/

 

~ by debhill on April 15, 2008.