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What is an American?

Album Description

As we study American Literature, students notice that too many voices are left out of the canon. As we delve into the course, we will be adding those voices to our understanding of American Literature and what it means to be an American. Pictures depict different Americans whose voices are usually absent from the dialogue.

Native American.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/90715600

Reference note

Native American seated on the edge of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. [Between 1909 and 1932] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90715600/>.

Native American seated on the edge of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Ellis Island Immigrants.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012646353

Reference note

Bain, George Grantham, photographer. Immigrants, Ellis Island. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012646353/>.

Civil Rights Protest.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014645538

Reference note

Leffler, Warren K, photographer. African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "We demand the right to vote, everywhere" and signs protesting police brutality against civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama / WKL. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

BLM Apollo.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2020633111

Reference note

Vergara, Camilo J, photographer. Boarded up Blick Art Materials and the Marquee, Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th St., Harlem. June 3. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020633111/>.

Japanese Interment-Ansel Adams.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2002696046

Reference note

Adams, A., photographer. (1943) Little boys / photograph by Ansel Adams. California Manzanar, 1943. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002696046/.



Chinese Americans.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2015650749

Reference note

Genthe, Arnold, photographer. Chinese American men and children, Chinatown, San Francisco. [Between 1896 and 1911, printed later] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015650749/>.

Hasidic Jews.jpg

Reference link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2018700958

Reference note

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Three Hasidic Jews in a traditional long, black, cloth jackets called rekels converse on a street in the Boro Park also frequently spelled Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, one of five county-like political jurisdictions in sprawling New York City. -08-28. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .