The burden : African Americans and the enduring impact of slavery / Rochelle Riley [editor] ; with a foreword by Nikole Hannah-Jones ; featuring essayists Mark Auslander [and 22 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riley, Rochelle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 178 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Detriot : Wayne State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

This book is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780814345146

081434514X

OCLC:

1001319700

Publisher Number:

14752510