Letters from Black America

Intimate Portraits of the African American Experience

NEWKIRK, PAMELA

The first narrative history of African Americans told through their own correspondence, "Letters from Black America" fills a literary and historical void by presenting the pantheon of African American experience in the most intimate way possible--through the heartfelt correspondence of those who lived through monumental changes and pivotal events, from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, from slavery to the election of Obama

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Beschrijving Letters from Black America

The first-ever narrative history of African Americans told through their own letters

Letters from Black America fills a literary and historical void by presenting the spectrum of African American experience in the most intimate way possible-through the heartfelt correspondence of those who lived through monumental changes and pivotal events, from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, from slavery to the election of Obama.

ISBN: 9780807001158
Pagina's: 400
Verschenen: 01-01-2011
NUR: 309

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback / softback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Beacon Press

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