Part 1: Gender, Kinship, and Community 1. Women and Gender 2. Kinship and Community 3. Imagining the Black World Part 2: Political, Economic, and Social Justice 4. Political Leadership and Social Protest 5. In Pursuit of Justice 6. Work, Labor, and Economic Development 7. A Vision of Democracy Part 3: Culture, Faith, and Celebration 8. Popular Culture 9. Faith and Spirituality
From Frederick Douglas and Ralph Ellison to Malcolm X and Queen Latifah, Columbia presents the definitive one-volume anthology of African American primary sources
Manning Marable is director of the Institute for Research in African American studies and professor of history at Columbia University. He edited Dispatches from the Ebony Tower (Columbia, 2000) and is the author of Black Leadership (Columbia, 1998);W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat; and Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance, and Radicalism among other books. He lives in New York City.
The beauty of this volume is not that it challenges the existing canon on black experience but that it fills lacunae left by other works... Essential reading for anyone interested in American history and African American studies, this is recommended for both public and academic libraries. -- Edward G. McCormack, University of Southern Mississippi Library Journal Highlighting the variance between white and black concepts and applications of freedom,... [t]his collection of speeches, essays, poems, sermons, folktales, letters, and interviews reflects the struggle within the American culture... An excellent read and reference resource. Booklist Spanning the period from the Colonial era to the present, this important anthology features the works of noteworthy figures of African American history and culture... Highly recommended. Choice Recommended for all public and academic libraries. -- Anthony J. Adam American Reference Books Annual Elegantly structured anthology. -- Andrew Radford Journal of American Studies
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