Book talk & Indie read.  “Negro” by definition, poem by Langston Hughes & slam poem by Christian Richardson.  Read:  James Baldwin’s “The American Dream and the American Negro” 1965.  Quickwrite #6:  Reaction/Response/Thoughts-on the Baldwin piece.

The American Dream and the American Negro – Baldwin

Negro – Langston Hughes video

Negro – Christian Richardson video

Dreams Are Illegal in the Ghetto – twin poets

Reminder: Lit. circles next week.  IF you want to order a book, $ needed by tomorrow.  OR locate your own book OR borrow Things Fall Apart.