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Teaching A Rediscovered 19th-Century Novel Has Transformed Our View of Black Female Writers

A Rediscovered 19th-Century Novel Has Transformed Our View of Black Female Writers

In 2012, I was in the United Kingdom. I was working on a follow-up project for my books Black London and Black Victorians/Black Victoriana. 

Gretchen Gerzina, Professor of English, Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why are some people remembered by history and others are not?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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