Is urban fiction the new voice of African-American literature?Greenberry, Wansel
Critical readings: African American girls and urban fiction. Jour- nal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(7), 565-574.Gibson, S. (2010). Critical readings: African American girls and urban fiction. Journal of Adolescent Adult Literacy, 53 (7), 565-574....
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“No Ufos”, which is generally considered the first techno track), techno’s emergence must be seen in the light of a musically cosmopolitan part of Detroit’s African American population and the urban situation at that time. The three high-school friends Juan Atkins – who was behind the ...
The first African American member of a presidential cabinet wasRobert C. Weaver, secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD; 1966). Another secretary of HUD,Patricia Roberts Harris, was the first Black woman in the cabinet (1977).Andrew Youngwas named ambassador to theUnited Nationsin 1977...
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Urban fiction is a form of text that is capturing the leisure reading interests of growing numbers of adolescent African American girls.Gibson, Simone CadeDissertations & Theses - Gradworks