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Dorothy Sterling
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Lucretia Mott exhibited, from her earliest years, an extraordinary confidence and eloquence. She dared to speak out to all-male audiences and refused to be silenced. This biography offers a portrait…
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Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible–certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet…
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Examines, in their own words, the lives of ordinary ex-slaves during the Reconstruction after the US Civil War. These people had few skills and fewer opportunies. This text covers the…
This is a biography of Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885), who decades before Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois and Macolm X proclaimed his pride in being black, and demanded not only…
This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources–including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a
Experience the unique ecology of the Outer Lands in this reissued classic
Describes The Events Leading Up To The Signing Of The Emancipation Proclamation That Freed Over Four Million Slaves In The United States.
Dorothy Sterling,Elizabeth Sterling
[The author] tells this remarkable story with honesty and compassion. Readers will find a wealth of new information not only about Kelley’s outstanding contribution to abolitionism but about the movements…
A feast of colour and texture, Chila Burman's new major monograph celebrates one of Britain's most exciting contemporary artists and her extraordinary body of work from across four decades.
Chila…
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Including oral history, letters and excerpts from diaries, this is a documentary study of 2 million black slave women and 200,000 free black women in the 19th century.
Powerful stories from women who shaped African American culture and history in the years between 1826 and 1959.
Dorothy Sterling,Winifred Lubell (Illustrator)
Did you know that horseshoe crabs have been around for 200 million years? That mussels spin long anchor lines and climb steep slopes with them? Do you know what a…
Dorothy Sterling,Chris Abani
Best African American Essays is a compelling compilation of nonfiction writing on issues that are in the forefront of a national dialogue today, including pieces by and about Senator Barack…
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Published for the first time in its century, The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wellsoffers an intimate look at the hopes, thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who…
