by Toni Morrison

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993
Visit the Nobel Foundation Web site to learn about laureate Toni Morrison. Read the Press Release and then Morrison's Nobel Lecture. How would you sum up her speech? Write a summary in the Web Links Activity Log.

Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith is perhaps the greatest blues singer of the 1920s and one of the greatest blues artists of all times. Visit this site for information on Bessie Smith's life, audio clips of her work, and a video of the film St. Louis Blues. You may use the information here as a resource for the Interdisciplinary Activity in your textbook.