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=Personal Research Template= (i.e., text, graphic, sound, video) || **Brief Summary / Description of Resource** || Source #1 || August Wilson's "Fences" || text || This site describes what the play fences is about. Its a garbage man that was a baseball player before and played for the Negro League. It says the setting of the play was taking in Troys front yard and the only way he can keep the house is by using his bothers disablitly checks. He is then promoted to drive the truck distancing him an his friend Bono. || Source #1 || = August Wilson = || text, graphic || Wilson is known for his cylce 10 plays. He was born April 27 1945 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His mother remarried in his teens and they moved to a white neighborhood where he got threats from the whites. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and self taught himself. He purchased a type writer and began to write poetry. Wilson also then co founded a theater. His third play is what got his career going " Ma Rainy's black bottom". He won a lot of awards for his plays. || Source #1 || American Cultural History || text, graphic || An act was created to remove racial and ethnic barriers on U.S citizens. In 1954 the racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools. 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. Expoler 1 was launched in 1958. Alaska and Hawaii become states. || Source #1 || =The Depression, The New Deal, and World War II= || text graphic || When the great depression came it was even harder on the blacks because most of them were already in poverty. Black owned newspapers protested segregation in the army. Many people disliked that black women were being allowed to nurse and care for whites, it was thought to be a violation of social norms. || Source #1 || Nergo Leagues history || text graphic || Jackie Robinson was the first African american in the major league baseball team in april 18, 1946 signed over to the Dodgers. This began in the early 1900 and began to blossom. The end of world war 1 black baseball was the biggest entertainment of the black communities. In 1937 the black league was launched. || Source #1 || African-American literature || text graphic || A lot of the themes in these books were about racism, culture, slavery, and equality. The Harlem renaissance brought attention to the African american literature. || Source #1 || A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance || text || During the depression a lot of the immigrants moved to the bigger cities like Chicago, Washington D.C, and New York. The site talks about poems by these African American people and what they were about. some of these writers were Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks || Source #1 || Blues || text sound || The blues is originated from the black communities and its a type of music played and created by them. The site says how to create a blues song and what instruments are needed in order to accomplish the gene of music. It can be divided into either country or urban blues. ||
 * **Topic** || **Title of Website with Link** || **Type of Media**
 * **Commentary on the Play**
 * Source #2 || Racism and Masculinity in August Wilson's Fences || text, graphics || This site describes what the play fences is about. Troy was born to be a baseball player but the major league wouldn't take blacks and he was the second best in the black league. His life was all about white racism and is trying to keep his son away from it. His career to be a major league baseball player was cut off because of racism. Troy ruins his sons chances to going to called so his son goes to the marines. ||
 * **Biographical Information**
 * on August Wilson**
 * Source #2 || ==August Wilson== || text || Wilson has written many plays using the 4 B's, the blues.Amiri Bakara; author, Jorge Luis Borges, and painter, Romare Bearden to tell Wilson what he needs. He was the 4th of 6 children and grew up in the bad part of Pittsburgh. He dropped out of school because of how much racism he got. He used over heard conversations to make stories in his head. He then lived with his friend in St. Paul, he got him urging to write stories. In 1984 his plays became a hit on Broadway and went to win many awards for it. ||
 * **General History of the**
 * Period 1950-1959**
 * Source #2 || =[|1950 – 1959 World History] = ||  || This site lists the events that happened in the world at this time. There was the H-bomb, the color tv was introduced, the first atomic submarine, Martin Luther King, and explorer 1. ||
 * **Information on the**
 * African-American**
 * Experience after**
 * World War II**
 * Source #2 || =African American Urban History since World War II= || text ||  ||
 * **Information about the**
 * Negro Leagues**
 * Source #2 || **History of the Negro Major Leagues** || text || "The first successful organized Negro League was established on February 13, 1920, at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Andrew "Rube" Foster was the driving force behind the organization of this league and served as its president." The biggest games were called the East West games played in Chicago. ||
 * **Literature by black Americans**
 * in the 1950s**
 * Source #2 || =Famous Firsts by African Americans= || text || This site lists different kinds of literature by African Americans. In government, Law, diplomacy, military, science and medicine, scholarship, literature, music and dance, film, television and sports. It dates back from the early 1800's to the 2000's. ||
 * **Poetry of the**
 * Harlem Renaissance**
 * Source #2 || Harlem Renaissance Poetry || text || This site describes how the Harlem renaissance helped the black community grow in society. Mckay's book of poetry was one of the first books to become mainstream of an African American. In 1924 there was a dinner held for the African American authors making their work more known to the public. ||
 * **The Blues (music)**
 * Source #2 || =A Brief History of the Blues= || text || The blues deal with personal adversity. A lot of these songs were created by slaves wqhen they were working in the feilds singing to themselves. It's composed of 12 bars and a specific number of notes are needed in order to create the sound. ||