DuBois Literary Collective
The W.E.B. Du Bois Literary Collective was founded by Dr. Edmund W. Gordon of the CEJJES Institute in 2007. The Literary Collective is inspired and named after W.E.B. DuBois who was a black intellectual, sociologist, civil rights activist, author, historian, editor and personal mentor to Dr. Gordon. The purpose of the Literary Collective is to bring together the community and to discuss issues and topics that impact people from the African Diaspora. Literatures selected teach members about their history and ancestors' experiences. Genres include non-fiction, history, historical fiction, biographies and on occasion fiction.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Literary Collective is opened to all and meets every other month during the fall, spring and winter months.
Meeting Dates:
January 20, 2012
February 17, 2012
April 27, 2012
June 22, 2012
All meeting are held at The CEJJES Institute's, EWG Library (unless otherwise noted) from 7pm until 9pm.
For more information about the W.E.B. Du Bois Literary Collective contact: hme@hurlockmarketing.com
READING LIST:
January 2011 - The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
November 2010 - The Warmth of Other Sons Isabelle Wilkerson
September 2010 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
May 2010 - More Than Just Race: Being Black & Poor in the Inner City William Julius Wilson
March 2010 - Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington Robert J. Norrell
January 2010 - The Help Kathryn Stockett
November 2009 - Passing Strange – A Gilded Age Tale of Love & Deception Across the Color Line Martha Sandweiss
September 2009 - The Fall of Rome Martha Southgate
May 2009 - Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans Shannon Lee Dawdy
March 2009 - An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President Randall Robinson
January 2009 - Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali
November 2008 - Black Boy Richard Wright
May 2008 - There When I Needed Him (Wiley Austin Branton/Civil Rights Warrior) Judith Kilpatrick
March 2008 - Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin
January 2008 - Black Bourgeoisie E. Franklin Frazier
November 2007 The Emperor of Ocean Park Stephen Carter
September 2007 - Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 & How It Changed America John M. Barry
June 2007 - The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama
February/April 2007 - The Souls of Black Folks W.E.B. Du Bois