African American Authors Translated into Chinese
Works written by
African Americans authors have been embraced and translated by people
throughout the world. Who are these
authors? What works were translated? Join us for a presentation of Library of Congress
resources that highlight African American authors who have been translated into
Chinese. Invited guest, Dr. Xilao Li,
professor of English, Harper College,
IL, will share his insight into the history of
these translations and the Chinese appreciation of African American
authors. Presented by
the librarians at the Library of Congress.
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
OF FREED PERSONS
Frederick Douglass
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress,
American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American
Slave, The Capital and the Bay: Narratives
of Washington and
the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925,
American Memory - http:/hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbcb.25385
Frederick Douglass, September 3, Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep03.html
Frederick Douglass House, Built
in America:
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record,
1933-Present, American Memory -
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington, September 18, Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep18.html
PRIMER
POETS
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar, June 27, Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun27.html
Photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Exhibit of American
Negroes, American Treasures Exhibition - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm204.html
Langston
Hughes, February 1, Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb01.html - hughes
Drafts of
Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June 1941, Words
and Deeds in American History, American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/024))
Langston
Hughes and his Poetry by David Kresh, Journeys and Crossings webcast - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/hughes.html
Photograph of
Claude McKay, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05919
Census of
1920 in Time Line of African American History, 1901 – 1925, African American
Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907,
American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timelin3.html
Zora Neale
Hurston, January 7, Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan07.html
The Zora
Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress, American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/znhhtml/znhhome.html
Photograph of
Toni Morrison, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c01781
Toni
Morrison, Living Legend Award Recipient, Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/about/awards/legends/bio/morrison.html
Tribute to
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Aug. 24,
1994, Congressional Record - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r103:FLD001:S62465
Immigration
-African - New Beginnings, African section, Immigration Feature, Learning Page
- http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/african10.html
Ralph Ellison
Practices, American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers'
Project, 1936 – 1940, American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/wpaintro/intro12.html
Ralph
Ellison: A Register of His Papers in the
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division - http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/ellison.html
Visible
Man: Library Receives Ralph Ellison’s
Papers. Information Bulletin, April
1, 1996 - http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9606/ellison.html
James
Baldwin, August 2, Today in History -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug02.html
Photograph of
Richard Wright, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/van.5a52815
The Midwest, Language of
the Land: Journeys Into
Literary America, Exhibitions - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/land/landmidw.html
“We Wear the Mask”
Hurston, Zora
Neale
Washington,
Booker T.
Wright,
Richard