O freedom! : Afro-American Emancipation celebrations / William H. Wiggins, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiggins, William H., Jr., 1934-2016.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 207 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 1987.

Contents:

Following the Freedom Trail

The Roots and Fruits of Emancipation Celebrations

The Afro-American Saga

A Circus of Symbols

The Politics of Protest

An Encore of Afro-American Freedom.

Notes:

"'O Freedom!' was designed by Dariel Mayer ..."

"The book is set in 10/13 Sabon with Sabon display and is printed on 60-lb. Glatfelter."

"Jacket illustration: A drum and bugle corp marching down Ouellette Avenue in the August 1st West Indian Emancipation Day Parade in Windsor, Ontario (1971) ..."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-198) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries i n 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has two [2] photocopies of celebrations of Juneteenth, a celebration schedule held at the Anacostia Museum program for June 17, 1989 and two [2] handwritten pages laid in.

ISBN:

0870495208

OCLC:

14187288