Frederick Douglass and Literary Crossroads

FAIN: ES-261653-18

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL 62026-0001)
Howard Rambsy (Project Director: February 2018 to October 2022)

A one-week institute for twenty-five school teachers on Frederick Douglass and African American literary studies.

The proposed Institute, “Frederick Douglass and Literary Crossroads,” exposes secondary school teachers to new developments in African American literary studies, an array of print-based, audio, and visual texts, and digital resources all in an effort to enliven and strengthen pedagogical engagements with The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845). The African American literature program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville proposes a one-week institute that will give language arts educators opportunities to expand their views of how Douglass’s work resides at the crossroads of autobiography, literary art, and scholarly discourse. The proposed Institute will involve participants in knowledge and skill building workshops, technology activities, and collaborative projects designed to fortify interpretive capabilities and pedagogical expertise.