Thursday, January 29, 2009

The African American experience : black history and culture through speecehes, letters, editorials, poems, songs and stories

Editor Wright (Drifting Toward Love) presents inspiring works from political leaders (Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson), literary giants (Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Walker), scholars (Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates), and other luminaries in a collection covering more than four centuries of black history and culture, which begins with slavery and ends with current events. c2009 Library journal.

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