2. Yale University, member of
Linonian Society
U.S Navy, midshipman
LeatherstockingTales
The Last of Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851
History of the Navy of the USA
3. Mystery and the Macabre
John and Frances Allan, of
Richmond,Virginia
Tamerlane and other Poems
The Raven
The Fall of the house of Usher
The tell tale heart
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Purloined Letter
Edgar Allan Poe
January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
4. Leader of the Abolitionist movement
Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American slave
Life andTimes of Frederick Douglass
Women's Suffrage
Frederick Douglass
February 1818 – February 20, 1895
I would unite with anybody to do right and with
nobody to do wrong
5. 1969 memoir,
I know why the caged bird sings
Drama Georgia
TonyAward, LookAway (1973)
EmmyAward, Roots (1977)
All God s Children Need
Just give a cool Drink of Water
Fore I Die
Maya Angelou
April 4, 1928
On the pulse of Morning
6.
7. DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx
Go tell it on the Mountain
Giovanni's room
Another Country
Just above my head
James Baldwin
August 2, 1924- December 1, 1987
Once I found myself on the other side of the ocean, I see
where I came from very clearly...I am the grandson of a
slave, and I am writer. I must deal with both