African American holidays / James C. Anyike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anyike, James C.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holidays--United States.

Holidays.

United States.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,119 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded.

Other Title:

African American holidays, a historical research and resource guide to cultural celebrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Popular Truth Publishing, 1997.

Contents:

Slave holidays

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

Black History Month

National Malcolm X Day

African Liberation Day

Juneteenth National Freedom Day

The Million Man Day of Atonement

The Umoja Karamu

Kwanzaa

Appendix 1: Important dates in African American history

Appendix 2: Historical origins of popular American holidays.

Notes:

First Printing 1991. Second Printing 1993.

Subtitle on cover: A Historical research and resource guide to cultural celebrations.

Cover Design: Troy Brown and James C. Anyike.

Edited by Derrick K. Baker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119).

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy is "Revised Third Printing 1997".

ISBN:

0963154702

9780963154705

OCLC:

39372819