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African-American Literature: An Anthology
African-American Literature is a well-rounded collection of over eighty classic and contemporary readings. Overviews, biographical profiles, post-reading discussion, and writing questions make this a highly instructive anthology for a wide range of students.
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495 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1993
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July 17, 2023
🖋️ "See Them Run" -
📙This short story was first published in Ladies Home Journal, 1951, and secondly in Ebony, 1952.
🖊 Story review: Jane Richards is a young teacher engaged to Paul, who cares about her students and has a bit of a challenge with C.T. Young, a bright student who is held back every year, but in reality, that is because no teacher cared enough (or at all) about his seemingly buried intelligence until Jane became his teacher. 🎥 1953 movie version with Dorothy Dandrige, Barbara Ann Sanders, and Harry Belafonté. 🖊 Movie review: Just like in the short story, Jane Richards has a classroom of students from various social levels, and C.T. Young is her biggest challenge. Jane sees more potential in C.T. and cares more for his education than any other teacher previously. 🖋️Comparing short story to movie: The story title changed to “Bright Road.” While the movie basically follows the short story, it does take liberty in some areas:
● The circumstances surrounding the fate of Tanya, a student, are different.
● The scene with the bees was added.
● Mr. Williams, the school principal, played by Belafonté is vapid and seems to be there just to promote his new song, “Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down).”
● There is no indication that Jane is engaged, nor any mention of her fiancé.
🔵 The e-book version of this short story can be found in at Internet Archive.
📽 ●▬● 🎥 ●▬● 📽
📙This short story was first published in Ladies Home Journal, 1951, and secondly in Ebony, 1952.
🖊 Story review: Jane Richards is a young teacher engaged to Paul, who cares about her students and has a bit of a challenge with C.T. Young, a bright student who is held back every year, but in reality, that is because no teacher cared enough (or at all) about his seemingly buried intelligence until Jane became his teacher. 🎥 1953 movie version with Dorothy Dandrige, Barbara Ann Sanders, and Harry Belafonté. 🖊 Movie review: Just like in the short story, Jane Richards has a classroom of students from various social levels, and C.T. Young is her biggest challenge. Jane sees more potential in C.T. and cares more for his education than any other teacher previously. 🖋️Comparing short story to movie: The story title changed to “Bright Road.” While the movie basically follows the short story, it does take liberty in some areas:
● The circumstances surrounding the fate of Tanya, a student, are different.
● The scene with the bees was added.
● Mr. Williams, the school principal, played by Belafonté is vapid and seems to be there just to promote his new song, “Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down).”
● There is no indication that Jane is engaged, nor any mention of her fiancé.
🔵 The e-book version of this short story can be found in at Internet Archive.
📽 ●▬● 🎥 ●▬● 📽
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