African American frontiers. Slave narratives and oral histories.
Collection
Titre
African American frontiers. Slave narratives and oral histories.
Type de document
Ouvrage
Date de parution
2000
Origine géographique
Amérique
Langue
fr
Anglais
Contenu
fr
African American Frontiers
The hard road from slavery to citizenship passed through many frontiers. A new collection of writings now offers an overview of and unsights into African American frontiers, from the publication of the first slave narrative in 1703, to 1948 when President Truman integrated the armed forces. The book is an invaluable historical resource that brings together diverse first-person accounts of individual African Americans through slave narratives and oral histories, including the story of Henry "Box" Brown, who escaped the South by express mailing himself to Philadelphia in a wooden crate; Herb Jeffris, who introduces the black cowbay in Westerns; and Eunice Jackson, whose funeral home was destroyed in the Tulsa race riot of 1921. Such little-known stories, most of them previously unpublished, resonate with the determination, forbearance, moral strength, and imagination of the tellers and give readers an apportunity to see the world as it once was, as told by the men and women who lives in it.
The hard road from slavery to citizenship passed through many frontiers. A new collection of writings now offers an overview of and unsights into African American frontiers, from the publication of the first slave narrative in 1703, to 1948 when President Truman integrated the armed forces. The book is an invaluable historical resource that brings together diverse first-person accounts of individual African Americans through slave narratives and oral histories, including the story of Henry "Box" Brown, who escaped the South by express mailing himself to Philadelphia in a wooden crate; Herb Jeffris, who introduces the black cowbay in Westerns; and Eunice Jackson, whose funeral home was destroyed in the Tulsa race riot of 1921. Such little-known stories, most of them previously unpublished, resonate with the determination, forbearance, moral strength, and imagination of the tellers and give readers an apportunity to see the world as it once was, as told by the men and women who lives in it.
Éditeur
ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Californie
Format
fr
18x26 cm
Nbre de pages
551
ISBN
fr
0-87436-867-7
Mots-clés
Auteur val
Illustration
fr
Photo Noir et Blanc