This is a paid Adult School online class. When registering, you will be taken to the Adult School Website.
In 1895, Booker T. Washington famously urged his fellow African Americans to “cast down their buckets where they are.” The Atlanta Exposition Address was made three decades after the start of the extraordinary fourteen-year period in our nation’s history known as Reconstruction. By the end of the nineteenth century, most of the political gains achieved during Reconstruction had been overturned or severely curtailed, as Jim Crow laws and policies restricting the freedoms of African Americans arose across the South. In this course, we will analyze Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address with attention to its historical and literary significance in the post-Reconstruction Era. We will also probe the enduring impact and controversies of the text, which raises fundamental questions about the relative value of political, economic, and social progress for African Americans.
Mon, Mar 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Mar 26 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Mar 27 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Mar 28 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Mar 29 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Mar 30 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Mar 31 | Closed |
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Tel: 973-744-0500
Email: reference@montclairlibrary.org
185 Bellevue Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel: 973-744-0500 ext. 2283
Email: reference@montclairlibrary.org