Weeks 7 and 8: Space, Race, and Place
Literature
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (novel), 1970
Maya Angelou, “Phenomenal Woman” (poem)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/48985
Marge Piercy, “Barbie Doll “ (poem)
http://poemhunter.com/poem/barbie-doll/
Excerpts from Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Sons: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Excerpts from Toni Morrison, Bless the Child (2015)
Maya Angelou, “Phenomenal Woman” (poem)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/48985
Marge Piercy, “Barbie Doll “ (poem)
http://poemhunter.com/poem/barbie-doll/
Excerpts from Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Sons: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Excerpts from Toni Morrison, Bless the Child (2015)
Art
Jacob Lawrence Migration Series (paintings), 1940-41)
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2015/onewayticket/
Gordon Parks, American Gothic (1942)
Kerry James Marshall, Our Town (1995) and Great America
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With (1964) and Moving Day (1974)
Maya Angelou reading her poem "Phenomenal Woman"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeFfhH83_RE