Slave Narratives: Their Role in Afro-American Culture

FAIN: EH-10452-73

University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA 52242-1320)
Darwin T. Turner (Project Director: January 1974 to present)

A two-week summer institute for 1974 for the examination of the slave narratives, especially as a source for the study of history, sociology, psychology, and literature of black Americans. Among those guest lecturers to be invited to participate are Benjamin Quarles, Ernest Gaines, Margaret Walker, and John Blassingame.