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Moore, Opal, Daryl Cumber Dance
Moore, Opal, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
Moore, Opal (b. 1953), poet, short story writer, essayist, educator, and critic of children's literature. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Opal Moore was influenced from childhood by the particular dynamics of the Pentecostal church; echoes of that institution reverberate in her plots, themes, characters, tone, and language. When Moore entered Illinois Wesleyan University's School of Art in 1970, she was so shocked by her first real encounter with racism and her sens~ of powerlessness in the face of it that she sought some control over what was happening to her by writing, thus initiating her first journals. She also …
Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress
Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Authenticity And Blackness: Defining The Conflict In "Tar Baby", Kathy Nicole Meadows
Authenticity And Blackness: Defining The Conflict In "Tar Baby", Kathy Nicole Meadows
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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