"Remembering and Re-Membering the Middle Passage: 100 Years of Fact and Fiction, From Lillian Jones Horace’s Five Generations Hence (1916) to Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea (2016)" by Karen Kossie-Chernyshev

Selected Works of Karen Kossie-Chernyshev

Remembering and Re-Membering the Middle Passage: 100 Years of Fact and Fiction, From Lillian Jones Horace’s Five Generations Hence (1916) to Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea (2016)

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (2021)

Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Texas Southern University

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Abstract

This presentation examines the Middle Passage in the writings of selected black writers and scholars, including Lillian Jones Horace, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, and Sowande Mustakeem.

Keywords

Lillian Jones Horace,
Zora Neale Hurston,
Toni Morrison,
Charles Johnson,
Sowande' Mustakeem,
Middle Passage,
African American Literature

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Publication Date

February 22, 2021

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Dr. Karen Kossie-Chernyshev serves as professor of History at Texas Southern University. A fifth generation Texan, she is the first African American woman to earn a PhD in the field of History from a Texas institution. Her research focuses on African American Women's intellectual history, African American religion, and the African Diaspora. She has published numerous articles, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries on various topics.

Citation Information

Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, "Remembering and Re-Membering the Middle Passage: 100 Years of Fact and Fiction," Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, February 22, 2022.