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African American Voices: A Documentary Reader from Emancipation to the Present

African American Voices: A Documentary Reader from Emancipation to the Present - Paperback

by Leslie Brown
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leslie BrownSeries:Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American HistoryPublish date:2014-02-03Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781444339413ISBN-10:1444339419UPC:9781444339413Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCEX9AB8DA

Compelling and enlightening, this collection of primary source documents allows twenty-first century students to 'direct dial' key figures in African-American history. It includes concise and perceptive commentary along with engaging suggestions for discussion and project work.

  • Examines key themes from multiple perspectives
  • Features a diverse range of voices that cut across class and political affiliations as well as across regions and generations
  • Chronological and thematic coverage from emancipation to the current day
  • Primary source documents include everything from letters and speeches to photographs, rap lyrics and newspaper reports
  • Incorporates recent as well as traditional historical interpretations
  • Classroom-ready text which includes keynotes on documents, differentiated material and engaging discussion questions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781444339413ISBN-10:1444339419UPC:9781444339413Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCEX9AB8DA

Leslie Brown is Associate Professor of History at Williams College. An award-winning author and editor, her books include Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South (2008), which won the Organization of American Historians' 2009 Frederick Jackson Turner Award. Brown also co-edited Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South (2010), which was awarded the 2011 Oral History Association Book Award.


Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Leslie Brown

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Leslie Brown

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