Legacy : treasures of Black history / edited by Thomas C. Battle and Donna M. Wells ; preface by John Hope Franklin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battle, Thomas C.

Wells, Donna M. (Donna Marcia), 1953-

Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center--Catalogs.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--History--Sources--Catalogs.

African Americans--Historiography.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

United States.

United States--Race relations--History.

Race relations.

Genre:

Catalogs.

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2006]

Summary:

The Black experience and its impact on our nation's culture and character are illustrated in twelve chapters, from ancient Africa and the slave trade to such key eras as the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction; the Harlem Renaissance and the Jim Crow Era; and the modern Civil Rights and Black Power/Black Arts movements. The more than 150 historic items showcased here include documents, letters, images, and artifacts, many never before published. Readers will find 18th-century maps of Africa; the pincushion of Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress; Depression-era images by Robert M. McNeil; and a Langston Hughes letter in which he first shares his famous poem I, Too, Sing America. Rare photographs include a unique daguerreotype of Frederick Douglass in profile and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, circa 1880. Prominent Black scholars and activists offer expert insights on the collection, on subjects ranging from traditional African societies to 21st-century art and politics.--From publisher description.

Contents:

African exploration and trade 1434-1800

The transatlantic slave trade 1450-1860s

The experience of enslavement 1619-1865

Antebellum 1786-1861

Runaways, rebellions, abolitionism 1700-1865

The Civil War 1861-1865

Post-Civil War 1865-1878

Life and war under Jim Crow 1890-1945

The new Negro 1920-1939

Civil rights 1941-1968

The Black arts movement 1960s-1970s

Leadership 1970s-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Winner, 2007

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Legacy.

ISBN:

1426200064

9781426200069

OCLC:

70129230

Publisher Number:

9781426200069

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