Author: George Palmer PutnamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Southland of North America
Author: George Palmer PutnamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Pan American UnionA History of Southland College
Author: Thomas KennedyPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557289166
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In 1864 Alida and Calvin Clark, two abolitionist members of the Religious Society of Friends from Indiana, went on a mission trip to Helena, Arkansas. The Clarks had come to render temporary relief to displaced war orphans but instead found a lifelong calling. During their time in Arkansas, they started the school that became Southland College, which was the first institution of higher education for blacks west of the Mississippi, and they set up the first predominately black monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in North America. Their progressive racial vision was continued by a succession of midwestern Quakers willing to endure the primitive conditions and social isolation of their work and to overcome the persistent challenges of economic adversity, social strife, and natural disaster. Southland’s survival through six difficult and sometimes dangerous decades reflects both the continuing missionary zeal of the Clarks and their successors as well as the dedication of the black Arkansans who sought dignity and hope at a time when these were rare commodities for African Americans in Arkansas.
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author: Bulletin of the Pan American Union
Author: Pan American UnionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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The United States Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1644
Book Description
South to America
Author: Imani PerryPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062977385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life. Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line. A Recommended Read from: The New Yorker • The New York Times • TIME • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Vulture • Essence • Esquire • W Magazine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • PopSugar • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books • Electric Literature • Lit Hub
A.L.A. Catalog
Author: American Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The United States Catalog
Author: Mary BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1656
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 2306
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