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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 || The site is about August Wilson's play called Fences that won him his first Pulitzer Prize which was written in 1983. This site lets us know about the dramatic play and about the character and setting analysis. The main character in the play is Troy Maxon. || Source #1 || August Wilson || Text, Graphic || This site is a a full biography of August Wilson a well known writer that is known for his series of ten plays, //The Pittsburgh Cycle.// He is also known for his plays //Fences, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom//, and //Joe Turner's Come and Gone.// He was influenced by the blues music. || Source #1 || Timeline of the 1950s || Text || The site is very helpful because it gives you a timeline of some important events that happened between 1950- 1959. It gives you information and certain events that happened in each year. In 1950 the Korean war began, in 53' DNA was discovered, in 55' Rosa Parks Refused to give up her seat on bus.It goes on with information from that decade. || Source #1 || Civil Rights for Minorities || Text, Graphic || In this site it explains that for African Americans the war offered them a chance to getting out of poverty. The army accepted blacks but were put separate and assigned white commanders. It was hard to keep the races apart when both were being attacked. After war they found a country that still didn't grant them full rights. Some black soldiers who left farm jobs decided not to return home. || Source #1 || History of the Negro Major Leagues || Text, Graphic || This site gives information saying that the first organized Negro League was established on February 13, 1920 at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. The driving force for this organization was behind Andrew "Rube" Foster. Was the father of black baseball. The league only had members from the south and mid-west. || Source #1 || African-American literature || Text, Graphic || This site is very helpful because it gives information about African American literature. It gives information on both Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Eliquiano which are two well known authors. This site also explains when African American literature was developed. The oral culture of African American literature is rich in poetry and literature was focused on slavery. || Source #1 || Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance || Text || This is a site about a revolutionary time known as the "black literary renaissance" or also known as the Harlem Renaissance. The site has poems from many different writers and information about them as well. It is really helpful because it shows why all of this is well known and the meaning of it. || Source #1 || Blues || Text, Graphic || This site explains where blues got its originated name and it was from African American communities of the "deep south" of the U.S. Blues form was jazz, rock and roll. The term refers to "blue devils" which also means sadness. Was defines as the secular counterpart of the spirituals. ||
 * **Topic** || **Title of Website with Link** || **Type of Media**
 * **Commentary on the Play**
 * Source #2 || //Fences// (play) || Text || This site says that the play "Fences" was the sixth in his ten part Pittsburgh Cycle. The characters in the play are Troy Maxon(main character), Jim Bono, Rose Maxon, Cory Maxon, Gabriel, Lyons, Alberta, and Raynell. The plot of it is about Troy who is struggling to provide for his family and his obsession on cheating death. ||
 * **Biographical Information**
 * on August Wilson**
 * Source #2 || August Wilson || Text || The site gives information on August Wilson and his childhood and what he is known for. Grew up in Hill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2005, he completed his ten-play cycle. Was awarded the New York Drama Circle award, Whiting Foundation award, Outer Circle award and ect. Had a collaboration with Lloyd Richards of the Yale School of Drama. Was established the best known and most popular African- American playwright. ||
 * **General History of the**
 * Period 1950-1959**
 * Source #2 || 1950 – 1959 World History || Text, Graphic || There is a timeline on this site that has pictures and information on what happened between the years 1950 to 1959. It has a lot of historical events in the timeline that are very important and may have made changes in our life. It talks about Dwight D. Eisenhower, Martin Luther King Jr. and much more. The history on this site goes on and on. ||
 * **Information on the**
 * African-American**
 * Experience after**
 * World War II**
 * Source #2 || African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954) || Text || The civil rights Movement was a primarily nonviolent struggle to bring equality under law to Americans. After war the U.S. expanded the legal rights of African Americans. American Civil Rights movement has been made of many movements. This was an era of stops and starts. There was an amendment ending slavery in 1865. ||
 * **Information about the**
 * Negro Leagues**
 * S. ource #2 || Negro league baseball || Text, Graphic || In this site it explains what the Negro League is and when it began and specific details of it. It was a U.S. professional baseball league made up of African Americans. The first black professional baseball team was formed by the Cuban Giants in 1885. ||
 * **Literature by black Americans**
 * in the 1950s**
 * Source #2 || African-American literature || Text, Graphic || Many of the published black writers were slaves and abolitionists. Black writers have contributed some of the most spiritual and important works to American literature. First to make a name was Phillis Wheatley a slave brought from Africa as a child. ||
 * **Poetry of the**
 * Harlem Renaissance**
 * Source #2 || Harlem Renaissance || Text || The site give information about the Harlem Renaissance and how it was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920's and 1930's. It was known as the "New Negro Movement". Many African and Caribbean colonies were influenced by it. It was centered in a Harlem neighborhood in NYC. First stage of this began in the late 1910's. ||
 * **The Blues (music)**
 * Source #2 || Blues Music || Text || Blues music is the only true American music form. It's deepest roots of the West African slaves in south. One of the first blues to be written is W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" written in 1909. Country blues grew during the teens and 1920s among Southern black folks. ||