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Born Black / by Gordon Parks. With photographs by the author.

Van Pelt Library E185.96 .P36
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LIBRA Rare E185.96 .P36 1971 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Genre:
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
192 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, [1971]
Contents:
Death at San Quentin
The Black Muslims
The Death of Malcolm X
Redemption of a Champion
Stokely Carmichael
The Fontenelle Family
On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Black Panthers and the Police
Papa Rage: A Visit with Eldridge Cleaver
Postscript.
Notes:
Illustrated lining papers.
"Composed not only of articles commissioned by 'Life' magazine, but also material which appears here for the first time."--Dustjacket.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
OCLC:
138765

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