African American Literature

African American Literature

ENG 301

The African American Literature and its history was an interesting subject or ethnic literary to learn about. This literature's readings showed a great deal of different moments or life events that the different authors experienced as well as tragic events, and heart felt pain they endured over their lifetime. Some authors talked about the wonderful life they lived and how blessed they were to be a white man's slave. I will be discussing the different views and relations in each of the readings along with the racist remarks and overall way they were treated as an African American over different periods of time.

The first reading I want to talk about is, "White Folks Treated Us Good," by Marriah Hines. In this reading Hines...