The Development of African American Literature

Abstract

In America, racism spread around the country especially in the South. Black people were treated badly. They did not have full rights as the white citizens. Due to these facts, many black writers responded with a set of literary works and used their skill in writing to reflect on their life. Thus, they have reached an artistic level and produced creative works. This research work deals with African American Literature which has appeared due to some historical circumstances. It provides the readers with an overview of this kind of literature beginning from the seventieth century with the importation of African slaves by European till the twentieth century which was characterized by the development of African American works in the field of literature...