prof. nettye goddard
Photo of Professor Goddard teaching African American Literature courses at De Anza College with a list of images of the classes bookcovers and the authors. Photo of Suzan-Lori Parks author of Top Dog Underdog. Cover of Top Dog Underdog Photo of August Wilson author of "Fences." Cover of the book Fences. Photo of Zore Neale Hurston author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God Photo of Ralph Ellison author of Invisible Man Cover of the book Invisible Man Photo of Bakari Kitwana author of The Hip Hop Generation Book cover of The Hip Hop Generation Photo of Erica Kennedy author of the book Bling Cover of the book Bling.
african american literature @ De Anza College

Book list online resources:

"Top Dog Underdog" by Suzan-Lori Parks

A 1:05 minute Top Dog Underdog YouTube trailer of Suzan Lori-Parks' Pullitzer-winning play.

"Fences" by August Wilson

A comprehensive, hour long interview between August Wilson and Charlie Rose in 1996.

"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

An absolutely beautiful, official website of Zora Neale Hurston with many resources including audio, reading guides, and more.

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

An outstanding, comprehensive "PBS in the Classroom" overview of Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man entitled "Black and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man."

The PBS American Master Series "Ralph Ellison, An American Journey" is loaded with film clips and other wonderful resources.

"The Hip Hop Generation" by Bakari Kitwana

Article from the University of Chicago Chronicle dated April 3, 2008 about the presidential race: "Kitwana to lead exploration of politically mobilized youth of hip-hop generation."

YouTube video with Bakari Kitwana and the website Rapsessions.org, Community Dialogues on Hip Hop.

"Bling" by Erica Kennedy

A link to Erica Kennedy's blog site for recent activities from the "Bling" author and an introduction to her new book "FEMINISTA." Did you now that "Bling" has the distinction of being bought simultaneously for a book and a movie by Miramax?