Letters from Black America

Name: Letters from Black America
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ISBN: 9780374101091

ISBN-10: 0374101094

ISBN-13: 9780374101091

Edition: 2009

Authors: Pamela Newkirk

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Letters from Black Americafills a literary and historical void by presenting the pantheon of African American experience in the most intimate way possiblethrough the heartfelt correspondence of the men and women who lived through monumental changes and pivotal events, from the 1700s to the twenty-first century, from slavery to the war in Iraq. The first-ever narrative history of African Americans told through their own letters, this book includes the thoughts of politicians, writers, and entertainers, as well as those of slaves, servicemen, and domestic workers. From a slave who writes to his wife on the eve of being sold, to famous documents like Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English