history is written by the victors winston churchill
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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
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