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=Personal Research Template= (i.e., text, graphic, sound, video) || **Brief Summary / Description of Resource** || Source #1 || Fences The Play || Text & Graphics || This Site describes the play Fences by August Wilson well and explains the story pointing out certain aspects in it and showing how racism played a role in society. Also showing how racism is real you can not deny that racism is does not exist because it does and still always will. you an not erase a thought or idea. This page is a good informative page and really depicts August Wilson and the message he was trying to send to his audience. || Video || video || This video shows how The play has effected people in society. Even Denzel Washington was touched by the play and explains why in this video. This is a great video and really shows how much the world has been affected by August Wilson, Poets of the 1950's and Racism in society. This video is inspirational and shows how This play has played a role in the African American Community. || Source #1 || August Wilson biography || Text & Graphic || This webpage is a full biography of August Wilson, who he is and the message he is trying to send about the black community and the struggles of the 1950s African American. The page also describes what type of informative literature August Wilson used and tought in his work to shape the viewers perspective of the black community. This page shows what a great voice he was for all African Americans and how he really changed the world and the views of many. This is a great webpage. || Source #1 || The 1950s || Text & Graphic || This website describes the 1950's perfectly from the wars & conflicts of that time period, to the music, films and arts of that time period. Its really depicts the culture of America and the changing fashions, ways of life and inventions of that time period well. Its also discribes the struggles in the time period from racial standpoints and other judging facters that played a role in society. This is a good informational website. || Source #1 || African American Civil Rights Movement After WWII || Text & Graphic || This Webpage describes in detail the struggles of African Americans before, during and after the war between 1945 and 1970. It also shows the great lengths African Americans went through to fight for their rights and freedoms as citizens of the United states to be treated fairly and equally as any other person should be treated. The site describes The civil rights movement that became of all the fighting and protesting in detail and gives a deep understanding about what the civil rights movement was and how long it took to establish it. This site is good because it really explains that period of time deeply describing what it was all about and the struggles of living as a black american at that time. || Movement, Protests, Struggles, etc || Text & Graphics || This web page describes the struggles of racism in america and how it effected society and the black community. It also describes the protesting for equality and freedom for African Americans, how they were treated for wanting to equal rights, and how long it took to act on Racial Equality in our society, etc. This is a good addition to source # 1 because it describes more in detail why, where, how, etc. There is alot of good information to be learned through both source #1 and #2 and blend well together to give the effect of what was going on throughout the years and what was done to create a better, equal society, and also what the lack of and how long it took to give black freedoms and rights they should have had in the first place. || Source #1 || The Negro Leagues || Text & Graphic || This source describes The Negro Leagues, The players in it, The positions they play, and gives background on each player and their lives. This site also describes the unfair and unequal treatment of African Americans by other players, fans, team coaches, etc. I like this site because I goes deeper into detail than just "the negro league was a baseball team full of black people" it describes in full detail who, what, when, where, why. It touches on social acceptance of racism in society in the 1950's which is very important to see how blacks were treated then and viewed as in society. || Source #1 || What is Black American literature in the 1950s? || Text & Graphics || This website depicts African Americans as civilized individuals in a racial and social unequal environment. This site really shows well how African American Culture changed our world and the way we treat others. For example, Black American literature really tried to shaped the way White Americans viewed Blacks as people and their cultural differences. This site really describes the culture of Black Americans well and the things they did to change social racism in society through poetry. || Graphics & links to other sites || This website is loaded with information about Famous Poets and Literature by African Americans in the 1950's. It gives you names for Poets and their work along with much more information about who they are, how their work effected education, society, etc. This site is good because you can learn alot about African American Poets and Poetry that had changed our world in ways many might not even know or realize. || Source #1 || Langston Hughes a Famous Harlem Renaissance Poet || Text & Graphic || This website is a good informational piece because Langston Hughes is the man to learn about if you want to recognize a good Harlem Renaissance Poet. this page describes why he was such a good poet and why people liked him so much. It also describes how well of a speaker he was and how people would travel just to hear him speak. || Source #1 || The Blues || Text & Graphic || This website is good beacuse it describes the Blues from a musical and technical standpoint. It breaks down the musical nature of "The Blues" in the 50's and describes how it is incorperated in society and the social scene. For example, how it was a big part of the 50s and everyday life. also it talks about the social change due to music such as the blues and how it played a roll on fashion, and the way people lived their lives. This site is a good informational piece about the blues and the culture of the time period as well. || For example, this is a good video to listen to because it gives you a feel about what type of music effected fashion, and curved peoples music choices in that time period. This is a good video also because it makes you think about musical preferance and how styles have changed over the years. ||
 * **Topic** || **Title of Website with Link** || **Type of Media**
 * **Commentary on the Play**
 * Source #2 || Denzel Washington on Fences the play
 * **Biographical Information**
 * on August Wilson**
 * Source #2 || August Wilson Interview  || Video interview || This video describes the way many white people of the 1950's viewed African Americans. For example, he uses intelligent vocabulary to describe the definition of white and black, comparing the difference in the way people view others. The struggles of racism and how it plays a significant role in our society. This Video greatly describes how important it is to realize and understand equality in a social environment. ||
 * **General History of the**
 * Period 1950-1959**
 * Source #2 || LSD in the 50's || Text & Graphic || This webpage describes the popularity and discovery of Acid (LSD) in the 1950's and how it played a Hugh role in society. How it influenced the nation thruogh music, fashion, changed the thought process of many, and influenced people to think freely intellectually and spiritually. This Webpage is a great informational piece that describes the American culture and how psychedelics changed the world and the minds of many and the way they viewed the world differently and spiritually.This webpage is a good site to use when learning about LSD and what it is like to live in a society surrounded by love and peace in the 50's. ||
 * **Information on the**
 * African-American**
 * Experience after**
 * World War II**
 * Source #2 || African American Civil Rights
 * **Information about the**
 * Negro Leagues**
 * Source #2 || [|Youtube Video Informing you on "The Negro Leagues"] || Video || Gives you a breif look on social racism in that time period, some background on the players, and how they were treated some facts you may not have know about famous white baseball players and how they treated other African America players before the color barrier was broken. (uses some cursing when describing the way many players were treated in that time period, so if you have a problem with that than you can shelter yourself from the real world but this is a video from the personal standpoint of someone informing the world on what the real world was like in that time period.) This is a good video because of the way the viewer describes the players of that time and how famous white players we might know and love had treated African American fans and players in the 1950s. ||
 * **Literature by black Americans**
 * in the 1950s**
 * Source #2 || Famous Poets & Literature by African Americans in the 1950's || Text,
 * **Poetry of the**
 * Harlem Renaissance**
 * Source #2 || Biography On Langston Hughes || Text & Graphic || This site is an extremely good informational piece about Langston Hughes, A important Harlem Renaissance Poet around this time period. It gives a detailed biography and look into his background, what he was all about and his message to the world. He is probably One of the most important if not the most important Harlem Renaissance poet in the world. This is an extremely recomended website. ||
 * **The Blues (music)**
 * Source #2 || Music Video of a Blues artist similar to what you would hear in the 50's || Video || This video descibes what kind of music was played and performed in society in the 50's.