Lecture | “It Can Be Beautiful:” African American Writers Re-viewing the Western Landscape

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Sid Richardson Museum

Sid Richardson Museum | Lecture | “It Can Be Beautiful:” African American Writers Re-viewing the Western Landscape

For well over a century, through prose narrative, poetry, and drama writers have interpreted what the American West has meant in the context of American ideals and democracy. Taking inspiration from the exhibit, Remington and Russell in Black and White, we will explore how African American writers have understood place and landscape in their interpretations of regional experience. The focus of this presentation will be on how the topography of the western region serves as a staging area for diverse narratives of migration, community, and freedom in contemporary literature. Free – registration required.

Speaker:

• Dr. Kalenda Eaton, Professor, The Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies, University of Oklahoma & Director of Oklahoma Research for the Black Homesteader Project funded by the National Park Service in partnership with the Center for Great Plains Studies