Prospective African-American Literature students at Kellogg Community College this spring have an added incentive to sign up for class: free textbooks.
The first five students to register and pay for LITE 240: African-American Literature at KCC for the Spring 2022 semester will get their required textbooks for the class free of charge.
The books include:
- “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou
- “The Rose That Grew From Concrete,” by Tupac Shakur
- “The Underground Railroad,” by Colson Whitehead
To get the free textbooks, students must be among the first five students to:
- Register for the Spring 2022 class section LITE 240: African-American Literature and pay for the class
- Show proof of registration at the front desk of the KCC Marketing and Communications Department, located in Room 101 of the C Classroom Building on the North Avenue campus in Battle Creek -OR- email a screenshot showing proof of registration and payment to socialmedia@kellogg.edu
The books can be picked up in the Marketing and Communications Department office in Room C101 before the start of the Spring 2022 semester.
LITE 240: African-American Literature is a three-credit class surveying African-American literature from 1600 to the present. The class will meet from 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 18 through May 5 in Room 301 of the C Classroom Building on the North Avenue campus in Battle Creek.
The class transfers to more than two dozen colleges and universities in the state of Michigan alone. Click here for a list of Michigan institutions the class will transfer to.
For more information about the class, contact English professor Ron Davis at davisr@kellogg.edu.