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Cultural contexts for Ralph Ellison's Invisible man / edited with an introduction by Eric J. Sundquist.
Van Pelt Library PS3555.L625 I5328 1995
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LIBRA PS3555.L625 I5328 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bedford documentary companion
- A Bedford documentary companion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.
- Ellison, Ralph.
- Ellison, Ralph--Contemporary United States.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- A unique supplement to one of the most important African American novels of this century. As "Invisible Man" chronicles the major moments of African American life during the first half of the twentieth century, this volume illuminates and contextualizes the novel with a collection of speeches, essays, folktales, historical analyses, photographs, and other cultural and historical documents.
- Contents:
- I "The Scaffolding of a Nation": The Black Belt and Beyond
- Atlanta Exposition Address / Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T.
- Of Our Spiritual Strivings / W. E. B. Du Bois Bois, W. E. B. Du
- Of Mr. Booker T. Washington / W. E. B. Du Bois Bois, W. E. B. Du
- Founder's Day Address at Tuskegee, 1931 / Anson Phelps Stokes Stokes, Anson Phelps
- , Cowards from the Colleges / Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston
- , Social Equality / Gunnar Myrdal Myrdal, Gunnar
- , Brown v. Board of Education: The Effects of Segregation / Supreme Court Brief Brief, Supreme Court
- The Shadow of the Plantation / Charles S. Johnson Johnson, Charles S.
- Tore Up and a-Movin' / Bernice Kelly Harris Harris, Bernice Kelly
- , An Analysis of Negro Patriotism / William N. Colson Colson, William N.
- The Black Migration / W. T. Andrews Andrews, W. T.
- 12 Million Black Voices / Richard Wright Wright, Richard
- II "A Heap of Signifying": Vernacular Culture
- , (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue / Andy Razaf Razaf, Andy
- African American Folk Song, Run, Nigger, Run
- African American Folk Song, Jack the Rabbit! Jack the Bear!
- , The Devil's Son-In-Law / Peetie Wheatstraw Wheatstraw, Peetie
- African American Spiritual, Many Thousands Gone
- Why Mr. Dog Runs Brer Rabbit / Emma Backus Backus, Emma
- Brer Rabbit and the Goobers / Carl Carmer Carmer, Carl
- De Sweet Pertater Man / Street Market Song Song, Street Market
- Sweet-the-Monkey / Leo Gurley Gurley, Leo
- Hip Language / Mezz Mezzrow Mezzrow, Mezz
- III "The City Within a City": Harlem, U. S. A.
- Federal Writers' Project, Portrait of Harlem
- The New Negro / Alain Locke Locke, Alain
- Blacks in the Labor Movement / Sterling Spero and Abram L. Harris Harris, Sterling Spero and Abram L.
- Race Catechism / Cyril V. Briggs Briggs, Cyril V.
- Africa for the Africans / Marcus Garvey Garvey, Marcus
- Speech Delivered at Liberty Hall, August 1921 / Marcus Garvey Garvey, Marcus
- The Road to Negro Liberation / Harry Haywood Haywood, Harry
- Marxism and the American Negro / Will Herberg Herberg, Will
- Marxism and the Woman Question / Avram Landy Landy, Avram
- Negro Americans, What Now? / James Weldon Johnson Johnson, James Weldon
- Harlem Runs Wild / Claude McKay McKay, Claude
- The Harlem Riot of 1943 / Adam Clayton Powell Powell, Adam Clayton, Sr.
- The Negro and the Second World War / Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph
- Harlem Is Nowhere / Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255).
- ISBN:
- 0312100817
- OCLC:
- 32847107
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