African American Literature: Authors & Forms

Olaudah Equiano's "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" was a ,,,

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• call to action

• novel

Frederick Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" was a ,,,

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• call to action

• novel

Phyllis Wheatley's "A Hymn to Evening" was a ,,,

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• call to action

• novel

David Walker's "Appeal" and Henry Garnet's "An Address to the Slaves of America" were both

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• novel

Elizabeth Keckley's "Behind the Scenes..." was a ...

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• autobiography

Ida B. Wells's "The Red Record" was a ...

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• autobiography

Marcus Garvey's "African Fundamentalism" was a ...

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• autobiography

James Baldwin's "I Am Not Your Negro" was a ...

• poem

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• autobiography

Natasha Trethewey's "Miscegenation" and "Litany to the Mississippi Gulf Coast" were both ...

• poems

• enslavement & escape narrative

• calls to action

• autobiography

W. E. B. DuBois's "The Souls of Black Folk" was ...

• a call to action

• a social record

• poetry & songs

• All of the above