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Words like freedom : essays on African-American culture and history

Title
Words like freedom : essays on African-American culture and history / by Richard Newman ; foreword by Nell Irvin Painter.
Author
Newman, Richard, 1930-
Publication
West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1996.

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Description
xx, 214 p. ; c 23 cm.
Subject
  • African Americans > History
  • African Americans > Intellectual life
  • American literature > African American authors
  • African American arts
  • African Americans > Religion
  • African Americans > Books and reading
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Words like freedom : Afro-American books and manuscripts in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. : the scholar of African-American culture has written a "storytelling" memoir of growing up in the South -- Two letters from Nella Larsen -- Some little-known African-American writers -- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot : "to chart different journeys" -- "The brightest star" : Aida Overton Walker in the age of ragtime and cakewalk -- Florence Mills -- "East of Broadway" : Florence Mills at Aeolian Hall -- The Lincoln Theatre -- The paradox of Lemuel Haynes -- Black bishops : some African-American Old Catholics and their churches -- An interview with Sherry Sherrod DuPree -- Vindicating the race : collectors of African-American books -- The first printed protest against slavery : George Keith's Exhortation of 1693 -- Books and writers of the Harlem Renaissance -- Shaping the future : new guide and database will range across African-American history and culture / (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) -- "Remarks called for and otherwise" : the career of Charles F. Heartman, bookseller / (with Pamela J. Petro).
Call Number
Sc D 96-132
ISBN
0933951671 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
LCCN
95052053
OCLC
33897592
Author
Newman, Richard, 1930-
Title
Words like freedom : essays on African-American culture and history / by Richard Newman ; foreword by Nell Irvin Painter.
Imprint
West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1996.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 96-132
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