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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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Details
- Description
- xx, 214 p. ; c 23 cm.
- Subject
- 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