Portraits of African American Life Since 1865

Herausgeber: Mjagkij, Nina

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Compelling and informative, the 14 diverse biographies of this book give a heightened understanding of the evolution of what it meant to be black and American through more than three centuries of U.S. history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780842029674
• ISBN-10: 0842029672
• Artikelnr.: 22067489

Autorenporträt

Edited by Nina Mjagkij

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Edmonia G. and Carolina v. Highgate: Black Teachers, Freed
Slaves, and the Betrayal of Black Hearts Chapter 2 Benjamin "Pap"
Singleton: Father of the Kansas Exodus Chapter 3 William Washington Browne:
Fraternal Society Leader Chapter 4 Richard Henry Boyd: Black Business and
Religion in the Jim Crow South Chapter 5 Anna Julia Cooper: Educator,
Clubwoman, and Feminist Chapter 6 Noble Drew Ali: Popular Religion in the
Promised Land Chapter 7 Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues Chapter 8 Addie W.
Hunton: Crusader for Pan-Africanism and Peace Chapter 9 Lester A. Walton: A
Life Between Culture and Politics Chapter 10 Willard Townsend: Black
Workers, Civil Rights, and the Labor Movement Chapter 11 Elmer Henderson:
Civil Servant and Civil Rights Activist Chapter 12 Roberta Church: Race and
the Republican Party in the 1950s Chapter 13 Edgar Daniel Nixon: Founding
Father of the Civil Rights Movement Chapter 14 Sgt. Allen Thomas, Jr.: A
Black Soldier in Vietnam