The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature
Title The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature PDF eBook
Author Hans Ostrom
Publisher Greenwood
Pages 0
Release 2005-09-30
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0313329729

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Designed to meet the needs of high school students, undergraduates, and general readers, this encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on African American literature from its origins to the present. Other works include many brief entries, or offer extended biographical sketches of a limited selection of writers. This encyclopedia surpasses existing references by offering full and current coverage of a vast range of authors and topics. While most of the entries are on individual authors, the encyclopedia gathers together information about the genres and geographical and cultural environments in which these writers have worked, and the social, political, and aesthetic movements in which they have participated. Thus the encyclopedia gives special attention to the historical and cultural forces that have shaped African American writing. - Publisher.

Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture: D-J

Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture: D-J
Title Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture: D-J PDF eBook
Author Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher
Pages 1733
Release 2011
Genre African Americans
ISBN

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The Original Black Elite

The Original Black Elite
Title The Original Black Elite PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 295
Release 2017-01-31
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0062346113

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New York Times–Bestselling Author: “A compelling biography of Daniel Murray and the group the writer-scholar W.E.B. DuBois called ‘The Talented Tenth.’” —Patricia Bell-Scott, National Book Award nominee and author of The Firebrand and the First Lady In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era—embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time: academic, entrepreneur, political activist, and black history pioneer Daniel Murray. In the wake of the Civil War, Daniel Murray, born free and educated in Baltimore, was in the vanguard of Washington, D.C.’s black upper class. Appointed Assistant Librarian at the Library of Congress—at a time when government appointments were the most prestigious positions available for blacks—Murray became wealthy as a construction contractor and married a college-educated socialite. The Murrays’ social circles included some of the first African-American US senators and congressmen, and their children went to Harvard and Cornell. Though Murray and others of his time were primed to assimilate into the cultural fabric as Americans first and people of color second, their prospects were crushed by Jim Crow segregation and the capitulation to white supremacist groups by the government, which turned a blind eye to their unlawful—often murderous—acts. Elizabeth Dowling Taylor traces the rise, fall, and disillusionment of upper-class African Americans, revealing that they were a representation not of hypothetical achievement but what could be realized by African Americans through education and equal opportunities. “Brilliantly researched . . . an emotional story of how race and class have long played a role in determining who succeeds and who fails.” —The New York Times Book Review “Brings insight to the rise and fall of America’s first educated black people.” —Time “Deftly demonstrates how the struggle for racial equality has always been complicated by the thorny issue of class.” —Patricia Bell-Scott, author of The Firebrand and the First Lady “Reads like a sweeping epic.” —Library Journal

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: A-C

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: A-C
Title The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: A-C PDF eBook
Author Hans A. Ostrom
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2005
Genre African Americans
ISBN 9780313329739

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Designed to meet the needs of high school students, undergraduates, and general readers, this encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on African American literature from its origins to the present. Other works include many brief entries, or offer extended biographical sketches of a limited selection of writers. This encyclopedia surpasses existing references by offering full and current coverage of a vast range of authors and topics. While most of the entries are on individual authors, the encyclopedia gathers together information about the genres and geographical and cultural environments in which these writers have worked, and the social, political, and aesthetic movements in which they have participated. Thus the encyclopedia gives special attention to the historical and cultural forces that have shaped African American writing. - Publisher.

Encyclopedia of African American History

Encyclopedia of African American History
Title Encyclopedia of African American History PDF eBook
Author Leslie M. Alexander
Publisher Abc-clio
Pages 354
Release 2010-02-09
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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A fresh compilation of essays and entries based on the latest research, this work documents African American culture and political activism from the slavery era through the 20th century. Encyclopedia of African American History introduces readers to the significant people, events, sociopolitical movements, and ideas that have shaped African American life from earliest contact between African peoples and Europeans through the late 20th century. This encyclopedia places the African American experience in the context of the entire African diaspora, with entries organized in sections on African/European contact and enslavement, culture, resistance and identity during enslavement, political activism from the Revolutionary War to Southern emancipation, political activism from Reconstruction to the modern Civil Rights movement, black nationalism and urbanization, and Pan-Africanism and contemporary black America. Based on the latest scholarship and engagingly written, there is no better go-to reference for exploring the history of African Americans and their distinctive impact on American society, politics, business, literature, art, food, clothing, music, language, and technology. Contributions from over 100 specialists on African America and the African diaspora A spectacular selection of illustrations and photographs, such as a Kongo cosmogram, the African burial ground in New York City, and maps of the Triangular Trade and the Underground Railroad

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: O-T

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: O-T
Title The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: O-T PDF eBook
Author Hans A. Ostrom
Publisher
Pages 440
Release 2005
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Designed to meet the needs of high school students, undergraduates, and general readers, this encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on African American literature from its origins to the present. Other works include many brief entries, or offer extended biographical sketches of a limited selection of writers. This encyclopedia surpasses existing references by offering full and current coverage of a vast range of authors and topics. While most of the entries are on individual authors, the encyclopedia gathers together information about the genres and geographical and cultural environments in which these writers have worked, and the social, political, and aesthetic movements in which they have participated. Thus the encyclopedia gives special attention to the historical and cultural forces that have shaped African American writing. - Publisher.

Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion

Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion
Title Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion PDF eBook
Author Junius P. Rodriguez
Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group
Pages 0
Release 2007
Genre African Americans
ISBN 9780313332722

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Slaves fought against their subhuman treatment in a myriad of ways, from passive resistance to armed insurrection. This encyclopedia details how slaves struggled against their bondage, highlights key revolts, and delves into important cultural and religious ideas that nurtured and fed slaves' hunger for freedom.