Nickel and a Prayer - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jane Edna Hunter, Rhondda Robinson Thomas (Editor), Joycelyn Moody (Foreword by)Series:RegenerationsPublish date:2011-02-01Pages:270
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781933202648ISBN-10:1933202645UPC:9781933202648Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.48 x 5.59 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCAFT19TM1
Nickel and a Prayer
Virtually unknown outside of her adopted hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential African American social activists of the early-to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography A Nickel and a Prayer, Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that recollects her formative years in post-Civil War South and her activist years in Cleveland. First...
Series: Regenerations
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781933202648ISBN-10:1933202645UPC:9781933202648Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.48 x 5.59 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCAFT19TM1
Jane Edna Harris Hunter (1882-1971) founded the Phillis Wheatley Association (PWA), an organization that offered housing, job training, and recreational activities to thousands of black women and girls who sought better opportunities in the North during the Great Migration. She gained recognition through her work at the PWA, National Association of Colored Women, National Association for the...
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
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