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The African American Experience
Kai Wright
The African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
January 2009
On Sale: January 1, 2009
720 pages
ISBN: 1579127738
EAN: 9781579127732
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This wide-ranging archive, capturing more than four
centuries of African American history and culture in one
essential volume, is at once poignant, painful, celebratory,
and inspiring. The African American Experience is a one-of-a-kind and
absolutely riveting collection of more than 300 letters,
speeches, articles, petitions, poems, songs, and works of
fiction tracing the course of black history in America from
the first slaves brought over in the 16th century to the
events of the present day. All aspects of African American
history and daily life are represented here, from the days
of abolition and the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement
and the current times. Organized chronologically, here are
writings from the great political leaders including
Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X,
Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama; literary giants including
Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Alice
Walker, James Baldwin, and bell hooks; scholars such as
Cornel West and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; artists including
Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Run-DMC, the
Sugar Hill Gang, and Chuck Berry; athletes such as Muhammad
Ali and Jackie Robinson; and many more. A new introduction by Kai Wright provides overall context,
and introductory material for each document delineates its
significance and role in history. This edition features all
new and updated material.
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