Author: William Allison Sweeney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
History of the American Negro in the Great World War
Author: William Allison Sweeney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
History of the African American Soldier
Author: W. Allison Sweeney
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557544505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557544505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Garretts of Columbia
Author: David Nicholson
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643364553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement. At the heart of David Nicholson's beautifully written and carefully researched book, The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration, are his great-grandparents, Casper George Garrett and his wife, Anna Maria. Papa, as Garrett was known to his family, was a professor at Allen University, a lawyer, and an editor of three newspapers. Dubbed Black South Carolina's "most respected disliked man," he was always ready to attack those he believed disloyal to his race. When his quixotic idealism and acerbic editorials resulted in his dismissal from Allen, his wife, who was called Mama, came into her own as the family bread winner. She was appointed supervisor of rural colored schools, trained teachers, and oversaw the construction of schoolhouses. At 51, this remarkable woman learned to drive, taking to the back roads outside Columbia to supervise classrooms, conduct literacy drives, and instruct rural farm women in the basics of home economics. Though Papa and Mama came of age in the bleak Jim Crow years after Reconstruction, they believed in the possibility of America. Resolutely supporting their country during the First World War, they sent three of their sons to serve. One son wrote a musical with Langston Hughes during the Harlem Renaissance. Another son became a dentist. A daughter earned a doctorate in French. And the family persevered. But, for all that Papa and Mama did to make Columbia a nurturing place, their sons and daughters joined the Great Migration, scattering north in search of the freedom the South denied them. The Garretts embraced the hope of America and experienced the melancholy of a family separated by the search for opportunity and belonging. On the basis of decades of research and thousands of family letters—which include Mama's tart-tongued observations of friends and neighbors—The Garretts of Columbia is family history as American history, rich with pivotal events viewed through the lens of the Garretts's lives.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643364553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement. At the heart of David Nicholson's beautifully written and carefully researched book, The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration, are his great-grandparents, Casper George Garrett and his wife, Anna Maria. Papa, as Garrett was known to his family, was a professor at Allen University, a lawyer, and an editor of three newspapers. Dubbed Black South Carolina's "most respected disliked man," he was always ready to attack those he believed disloyal to his race. When his quixotic idealism and acerbic editorials resulted in his dismissal from Allen, his wife, who was called Mama, came into her own as the family bread winner. She was appointed supervisor of rural colored schools, trained teachers, and oversaw the construction of schoolhouses. At 51, this remarkable woman learned to drive, taking to the back roads outside Columbia to supervise classrooms, conduct literacy drives, and instruct rural farm women in the basics of home economics. Though Papa and Mama came of age in the bleak Jim Crow years after Reconstruction, they believed in the possibility of America. Resolutely supporting their country during the First World War, they sent three of their sons to serve. One son wrote a musical with Langston Hughes during the Harlem Renaissance. Another son became a dentist. A daughter earned a doctorate in French. And the family persevered. But, for all that Papa and Mama did to make Columbia a nurturing place, their sons and daughters joined the Great Migration, scattering north in search of the freedom the South denied them. The Garretts embraced the hope of America and experienced the melancholy of a family separated by the search for opportunity and belonging. On the basis of decades of research and thousands of family letters—which include Mama's tart-tongued observations of friends and neighbors—The Garretts of Columbia is family history as American history, rich with pivotal events viewed through the lens of the Garretts's lives.
Black Writing from Chicago
Author: Richard Guzman
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Ranging from 1861 to the present day, an anthology of works by many of Chicago's leading black writers includes poetry, fiction, drama, essays, journalism, and historical and social commentary.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Ranging from 1861 to the present day, an anthology of works by many of Chicago's leading black writers includes poetry, fiction, drama, essays, journalism, and historical and social commentary.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Dictionary Catalog of the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, the Chicago Public Library
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
The Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern Times
Author: Arwin D Smallwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
THE ATLAS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS consists of more than 150 originally produced maps which trace the African experience throughout the world and in America. The volume traces the complete history of African-Americans and their lives, employing artfully-conceived maps, and enhanced by sharply-written historic narratives, graphically reinforcing the facts. This work is appropriate for courses in African American history and American history where instructors would like to integrate African American history into their curricula.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
THE ATLAS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS consists of more than 150 originally produced maps which trace the African experience throughout the world and in America. The volume traces the complete history of African-Americans and their lives, employing artfully-conceived maps, and enhanced by sharply-written historic narratives, graphically reinforcing the facts. This work is appropriate for courses in African American history and American history where instructors would like to integrate African American history into their curricula.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description