To the Victor Go the Spoils

Introduction

History is written by the Victors

Winston Churchill

Objectives Narrating history through creative

writing genres The use of African American fictional

narratives to express History Works chosen

• Flyin’ West• The Marrow of Tradition

Charles ChesnuttCharles Chesnutt Charles Waddell Chesnutt

was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 20, 1858.

In 1866 Chesnutt's family moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, a Freedmen's Bureau school.

Chesnutt returned to Cleveland 1883, where he eventually established a successful stenographic business. He also began publishing different works in newspapers and magazines.

Pearle Cleage Pearl Michelle Cleage was born

December 7, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts, but she grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

Cleage started her playwriting career in the 1980’s with productions of puppetplay, Hospice, Good News, and Essential.

In 1990 and 1991 she published collections of her essay entitled respectively, Mad at Miles and Deals with the Devil. She gained national attention as a playwright during 1992 with her play called Flyin’ West.

Complete Perspective Alternative to the

Main Stream Media Freedom’s Journal North Star In the tradition of

Kara Walker Creating a form for

our own voices Exoduster

Movement

Flyin’ West Video Focuses on

Different stages in History

Homestead Act 1862

Exoduster Movement

Marrow of Tradition Historical fiction Remembers

Wilmington Massacre

Conversation from the past

Current perspective on a past conversation

A conversation from the Past

Mrs Felton’s Speech Alex Manley’s

Editorialvideo

The Wilmington Massacre Book Twitter

Summary

Questions ?

Group E Members Ernest Smith Jasmin Jordan Matt Rogers Meaghan Lynch Shianne Daniels

Until lions have their historians, tales of the

hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

Nigerian Proverb