Author: Carl Van VechtenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nigger Heaven
Author: Carl Van VechtenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Another World is Possible
Author: Dwight N. HopkinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317490452
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
'Another World is Possible' examines the many peoples who have mobilized religion and spirituality to forge identity. Some claim direct links to indigenous spiritual practices; others have appropriated externally introduced religions, modifying these with indigenous perspectives and practices. The voices of Black people from around the world are presented in essays ranging from the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Australia to Africa, the UK and the USA. From creation narratives to trickster heroes, from the role of spirituality in HIV positive South Africa to its place in mental health and among the poor, spirituality is shown to be essential to the survival of individuals and communities.
At Heaven's Gate
Author: Robert Penn WarrenPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811209335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The second novel by Robert Penn Warren, author of the Pulizter-Prize-winning All The King's Men, is a tour de force and a neglected classic.
Honey, Hush!
Author: Nikki GiovanniPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393318180
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
In this "dazzling anthology" (Publishers Weekly), Daryl Cumber Dance has collected the often hard-hitting, sometimes risqué, always dramatic humor that arises from the depth of black women's souls and the breadth of their lives. The eloquent wit and laughter of African American women are presented here in all their written and spoken manifestations: autobiographies, novels, essays, poems, speeches, comic routines, proverbial sayings, cartoons, mimeographed sheets, and folk tales. The chapters proceed thematically, covering the church, love, civil rights, motherly advice, and much more.
The White Image in the Black Mind
Author: Mia BayPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019510045X
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Historical studies of white racial thought have focused on white ideas about the "Negroes". Bay's study examines the reverse - black ideas about whites, and, consequently, black understandings of race and racial categories
I was Born a Slave
Author: Yuval TaylorPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1556523319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 805
Book Description
The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites; the kidnapping of a white woman and her rescue by a slave; the nightmarish tortures of the infamous Mr. Gooch; the tragicomic experiences of a pair of "white slaves"; and the story of the "original Uncle Tom."--
Current Americanisms
Author: T. Baron RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green
Author: Jacob D. GreenPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027240506
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This eBook edition of "Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green" is one of the "lost" voices and his story is one of the many that should be heard. Jacob in particular gave lectures at schools after he became free and gave light to a grim subject. Jacob D. Green (1813 – unknown) was a runaway slave from Kentucky that escaped three times from his masters. He escaped once in 1839 and 1846 then successfully in 1848 after being sold to a new master. Contents: Testimonials Narrative What the "Times" Said of the Secession in 1861 (From the Liverpool Daily Post, Feb. 3, 1863) Secession Condemned in a Southern Convention Speech The Confederate and the Scottish Clergy on Slavery Slavery and Liberty
Thirty Years a Slave & Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, A Runaway Slave
Author: Louis HughesPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
"Thirty Years a Slave" gives a glimpse the pitiable conditions of slaves, their inhuman treatment by their owners, the politics of slave markets and their complex relationships with the white population. In this book the author Louis Hughes dwells upon the intimate aspects of his own life like the painful separation with his mother and his marriage, his personal tragedies and his attempts of running away from the bondage of slavery. _x000D_ "Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, A Runaway Slave" is another remarkable autobiography by Jacob D. Green which dwells on his three prominent attempts to escape in 1839, 1846, and 1848 and his perseverance in the face of failures._x000D_ Louis Hughes was born on a Virginian Plantation to a mixed race parents with a Black slave mother and sold in Richmond slave market in 1844. While still in slavery he learnt about medicines from his master and helped his fellow slaves. After emancipation Hughes became a successful businessman in Wisconsin and wrote his autobiography._x000D_ Jacob D. Green was born into slavery with 113 other slaves on a plantation in Kentucky with only his mother as family. Green did many "awful" things like seeking a murderous revenge from a man who thrashed him and making daring choices that would eventually lead to his freedom.
TILL THE LAST BREATH – The Incredible True Story of Louis Hughes & Jacob D. Green's Attempts to Break Free
Author: Louis HughesPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026873726
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "TILL THE LAST BREATH – The Incredible True Story of Louis Hughes & Jacob D. Green's Attempts to Break Free” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "The institution of human slavery, as it existed in this country, has long been dead; and, happily for all the sacred interests which it assailed, there is for it no resurrection. It may, therefore, be asked to what purpose is the story which follows, of the experiences of one person under that dead and accursed institution?..." (Thirty Years a Slave) "Thirty Years a Slave" gives a glimpse the pitiable conditions of slaves, their inhuman treatment by their owners, the politics of slave markets and their complex relationships with the white population. In this book the author Louis Hughes dwells upon the intimate aspects of his own life like the painful separation with his mother and his marriage, his personal tragedies and his attempts of running away from the bondage of slavery. "Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, A Runaway Slave” is another remarkable autobiography by Jacob D. Green which dwells on his three prominent attempts to escape in 1839, 1846, and 1848 and his perseverance in the face of failures. Louis Hughes was born on a Virginian Plantation to a mixed race parents with a Black slave mother and sold in Richmond slave market in 1844. While still in slavery he learnt about medicines from his master and helped his fellow slaves. After emancipation Hughes became a successful businessman in Wisconsin and wrote his autobiography. Jacob D. Green was born into slavery with 113 other slaves on a plantation in Kentucky with only his mother as family. Green did many "awful" things like seeking a murderous revenge from a man who thrashed him and making daring choices that would eventually lead to his freedom.