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 * [[image:reflections-f10/agust_wilson.jpg width="167" height="206" caption="August Wilson "]] || [[image:August_Wilson_Fences.jpg width="146" height="196" caption="Fences "]] || [[image:Langston.jpg width="189" height="203" caption="Langston Hughes"]] || [[image:negroleaguelogo.jpg width="195" height="195" caption="The Negro Leagues "]] ||


 * [[image:http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/African%20American%20Art%20and%20Harlem%20Renaissance%20Literature_files/Black%2520Stars%2520of%2520the%2520Harlem%2520Renaissance.gif width="225" height="280" caption="The Harlem Renaissance"]] || [[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kr5iXhaPGn0/TJZHIOdyURI/AAAAAAAAEtM/kqUbgU58FJ0/s1600/The+Bl width="270" height="150" caption="The Blues"]] || [[image:http://www.abbeville.com/images-catalog/full-size/0789201232.jpg width="316" height="320" caption="The Civil Rights Movement "]] ||  ||

Introduction: Each topic is based on historical __time__ periods and for the most part are related to African American culture. For example, "The Blues" was originated and most commonly played by Black people, "The Civil Rights Movement" was established to restore the rights and freedoms of African Americans all over the world after World War II, Many Black Poets and playwrights came out of the __woodwork__ sharing their thoughts,experiences and struggles through poetic expression such as August Wilson and Langston Hughes leaving a historical imprint in the period of __time__ that we knew as the "Harlem Renaissance." "The Negro Leagues" was also a big part of the 1950's where the first African American baseball team was established changing sports and how we know them today. Now not only are there African Americans __playing__ for professional sports teams all over the world but they showed the world that Black people can do the same things as white people if not better. __Credits__: Ryan, Albert, Jason,and Damian

Fences Research Project Topics:
 * Biographical Information on August Wilson
 * Commentary on the play //Fences//
 * General History of the Period 1950-1959
 * Information on the African-American Experience after World War II
 * Information on the Negro Leagues
 * Literature by black Americans in the 1950s
 * Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Afterwards
 * The Blues