Discussion Group Three

Discussion group 3

discuss Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" using one of the following topics:

• James Baldwin's biography
• Themes in Baldwin's work
• Scapegoating
• Racism in 1950s
• History of Jazz
• Drug use in Jazz scene
• Heroin addiction
• Louis Armstrong
• Charlie Parker
• John Coltrane
• Bebop
• Greenwich Village 1950's
• Revival meeting
• Polio
• Harlem Renaissance
• Educational opportunities for Blacks in 1950's
• Professional opportunities for Blacks in 1950's
• Effects of heroin on African American society (esp. Harlem)
• Class conflict WITHIN African American Society

or create your own, clearing it with instructor first.

© T. T. Eiland, January 1998
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