Your Stories to Cover Include:_

-The Jazz Singer, a movie review

-An interview with Mary Pickford or Charlie Chaplin

-The Harlem Renaissance

-A review of Langston Hughes’ poetry or a short story by a Harlem Renaissance Writer

-An interview with Louis Armstrong

-An interview with Duke Ellington

-A synopsis of Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson

-The Carter Family:  First Family of Country Music

                        Sources:______________

The Jazz Singer

     -Filmsite.org
     -Plot Summary/Synopsis
     -The Jazz Singer
     -Rottentomatoes.com     
     -Al Jolson – The Jazz Singer

Mary Pickford

     -The Mary Pickford Foundation
     -Mary Pickford Site    
     -The American Experience    
     -Mary Pickford Theater    
     -Mary Pickford Quotes

Charlie Chaplin

     -CharlieChaplin.com
     -The Time 100
     -PBS:  American Masters     
     -Charlie Chaplin Archive     
     -Charlie Chaplin Museum

The Harlem Renaissance

     -Harlem Renaissance
     - Harlem Renaissance Bibliography     
     -Langston Hughes   
     - Library of Congress:  Langston Hughes    
     -America’s Library 
     -PBS:  Langston Hughes
     - Langston Hughes Criticism

Louis Armstrong

     -Redhotjazz.com
     -Satchmo.net     
     -Louis Armstrong:  A Cultural Legacy     
     -Time 100     
     -LouisArmstrong.net

Duke Ellington

     -Duke Ellington:  The Official Website
     -Redhotjazz.com
     -Duke Ellington:  100 Years     
     -Duke Ellington’s Washington     
     -PBS:  JAZZ

Emperor Jones and Paul Robeson

     -Green Cine
     -American Masters
     -Paul Robeson Biography
     -The Emperor Jones (oneill.com)     
     -Emperor Jones:  Summary and Essays

The Carter Family

     -The Carter Family Memorial Music Center
     -SouthernMusic.net
     -The Carter Family Fold
     -Country Music Hall of Fame     
     -The American Experience:  Will the Circle Be Unbroken?         
     -Songs of the Carter Family