Drama 287 - 001: African American Theatre: Literary Criticism, Black Drama, & Theatre Videos
Black Drama Database & Theatre Videos
- Black DramaContains the full text of over 1400 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. James Vernon Hatch, the playwright, historian, and curator of the landmark Hatch-Billops Collection, is the project's editorial advisor. Nearly a quarter of the collection will consist of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Femi Euba, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others.
- Ethnic Notions [streaming video]This Emmy Award-winning documentary reveals the origins of the dehumanizing African-American stereotypes found in popular culture, from the Antebellum period to the era of the civil rights movement.
- James Baldwin : the price of the ticket. [streaming video]James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a "Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy."
- Eyes on the Prize (Streaming Episodes)All episodes can be found in this list.
Databases for Literary Criticism
If you need to find a database for a specific subject (e.g., Dramatic Art, African American Studies) search E-Research by Discipline and try the "Recommended Databases."
- MLA International BibliographyA major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies. Includes articles from several thousand journals and series published worldwide. Also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies. Also searchable under "Criticism" within Literature Online.
- Ethnic NewsWatchA full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. This collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints.
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