Date of Last Revision
2023-05-03 13:04:04
Major
English
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Fall 2019
Abstract
This article discusses James Baldwin's 1964 play Blues for Mister Charlie as it functions as a form of protest literature that aims to portray race as a social construction. It contextualizes itself with background on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till as it applies to the plot of the play, and it explores subjects of miscegenation, interracial mixing, and the role of the press in evoking societal change during the Civil Rights Movement.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Philathia Bolton
First Reader
Dr. Hillary Nunn
Second Reader
Dr. Angela Bilia
Recommended Citation
Potter, Sonia, ""Protest Literature" or Race as a Social Construction: An Analysis of Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie" (2019). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 953.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/953