Watch this brief clip in which Wideman discusses the relationship between slavery and race. In this lecture, he is addressing students and faculty at Brown University, making reference to Hurricane Katrina.

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Watch this brief clip in which Wideman discusses the relationship between slavery and race. In this lecture, he is addressing students and faculty at Brown University, making reference to Hurricane Katrina.
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Please watch this video describing the history (scientific and political) of the 1793 Yellow Fever outbreak in Philadelphia, which was at the time the capital city of the United States.

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How the Founding Fathers Fought a Deadly Epidemic
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Skim over John Edgar Wideman’s Wikipedia page. Don’t read every word. Just get a sense for his own personal history, and what informs his writing.

Read Wideman’s short story, Fever (1989), linked here. As you are reading, consider how the story incorporates discussions of race and class.

Watch this brief clip in which Wideman discusses the relationship between slavery and race. In this lecture, he is addressing students and faculty at Brown University, making reference to Hurricane Katrina.