Book Description

(Cont.) On a general topic such as Discrimination, a brief treatment is followed by a discussion of black authors who have written scholarly and popular works on discrimination and how the topic is reflected in creative works. Literary terms and genres are defined and explained in the context of black literature. Additional features include a chronology of events in black history and black literary history and an essay on the Schomburg Center. An index lists titles, names, and subjects covered in the text. -- Booklist.