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African American holidays / James C. Anyike.

LIBRA - Rare GT4803 .A8 1997 Banks copy
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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

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