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African American frontiers : slave narratives and oral histories / Alan Govenar.
Van Pelt - Class of 1979 Seminar Room (305) E444 .G68 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Govenar, Alan B., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- African American pioneers.
- United States.
- African American pioneers--Biography.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--History.
- History.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Oral history.
- Enslaved persons' writings, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 551 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2000]
- Summary:
- A collection of first-hand narratives and oral histories portraying the African American experience from slavery through emancipation and into the 20th century.
- The hard road from slavery to citizenship passed through many frontiers. A new collection of writings now offers an overview of and insights into African American frontiers that concentrates on the period from 1703 to 1948, the year in which President Harry S. Truman integrated the United States armed forces through Executive Order 9981.-- Use of authentic oral transcriptions to document geographic and psychological areas where individuals have struggled to break the shackles of enslavement and racism-- First-person accounts of African Americans through primary source documents, including Henry "Box" Brown, who escaped the South by express mailing himself to Philadelphia in a wooden crate; and Herb Jeffries, who introduced the black cowboy in Westerns
- Contents:
- Section I Slave Narratives
- Henry Bibb 3
- Jacob Blockson 8
- Henry Box Brown 9
- William Wells Brown 16
- Lewis Clarke 28
- Ellen and William Craft 35
- Frederick Douglass 40
- Olaudah Equiano 46
- Daniel Fisher 57
- Frances Henderson 59
- John Jackson 63
- Jarmain Wesley Loguen 65
- James Mars 67
- Venture Smith 70
- Harriet Tubman 88
- Section II WPA Slave Narratives
- Phoebe Banks 97
- David A. Hall 101
- Felix Haywood 103
- Silas Jackson 106
- James Calhart James 110
- Bill Simms 112
- Milton Starr 116
- Section III Oral Histories
- Charles James Bate, Physician 121
- Ollie Hunter Boyd, Dry Cleaner 123
- Charles Brown, Rhythm and Blues Pianist 126
- Anna Mae Conley, Nanny and Domestic Worker 139
- Madge E. Copeland, Beauty Shop Operator 152
- Herbert Cowens, Jazz Drummer and USO Bandleader 167
- Leon Davis, Policeman's Son, U.S. Air Force Colonel 171
- LaVerne Cooksey Davis, Licensed Practical Nurse 173
- Virginia Clark Gayton, Power Machine Operator and Descendant of Lewis E. Clarke 175
- Anita Hairston, NAACP Volunteer 183
- Erma Hadrey Hayman, Window Dresser 186
- Minnie Lee Haynes, Housekeeper and Descendant of Samuel D. Chambers 191
- Fannie Ezelle Hill, Civil Rights Activist 209
- Hugh Hollins, Barber 212
- Eunice Jackson, Funeral Director 215
- Herb Jeffries, Actor and Entertainer 217
- Irene McClellan King, Teacher 240
- Gwendolyn Knight, Artist 246
- Jacob Lawrence, Artist 252
- Bruce Lee, Biologist 258
- Tony Lott, Ranch Cowboy 280
- John McLendon, Basketball Coach 291
- Brownie McGhee, Blues Musician 308
- Jay McShann, Jazz Bandleader 329
- Martha Nash, Community Worker and Doctor's Widow 340
- Earl W. Rand, Educator and College President 348
- Clarence Ray, Gambler 356
- Archie Reynolds, Gospel Singer 377
- Herman Simmons, Pullman Porter 387
- Charles Earl Simms, Attorney 407
- Katie Simms, Homemaker and Domestic Worker 415
- Wesley Sims, Minister 418
- Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Gospel and Pop Singer 430
- Clara Terrell, Cloakroom Attendant 435
- Jesse Thomas, Blues Musician 439
- William Waddell, Veterinarian 448
- A. J. Walker, Cowboy and Rodeo Organizer 466
- Alice Mae Williams, Homemaker and Mother 471
- Arbie Williams, Quilter 472
- Francis Williams, Civil Rights Attorney 481
- Mack Williams, Cowboy and Minister 494
- Marvin Williams, Baseball Player 499
- Liola McClean Cravens Woffort, Miner's Descendant 508
- Barbara Wood, Teacher 512
- Wesley Young, Rodeo Cowboy 515.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-538) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0874368677
- OCLC:
- 45008438
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