
African American Experience: Memoirs and Essays
Personal writing by African-American authors can transcend self-reflection, becoming meditations on history, justice, and freedom from oppression.
Cheryl Heneveld has a degree in Literature and Philosophy with a Master of Liberal Arts from St. Johns College, a discussion based program. Having lived in Kenya, Switzerland, Indonesia and India, her interests include multi-cultural literature as well as women writers, especially Virginia Woolf. She has co-taught Peace and War at Johnson State College. A bookworm since childhood, she believes reading and discussion are the best ways to continue lifelong learning.
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Personal writing by African-American authors can transcend self-reflection, becoming meditations on history, justice, and freedom from oppression.
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