Words like freedom : essays on African-American culture and history /
Newman, Richard,1930-
West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press,
1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Words like freedom : Afro-American books and manuscripts in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. : the scholar of African-American culture has written a "storytelling" memoir of growing up in the South -- Two letters from Nella Larsen -- Some little-known African-American writers -- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot : "To chart different journeys -- "The brightest star" : Aida Overton Walker in the age of ragtime and calkwalk -- Florence Mills -- "East of Broadway" : Florence Mills at Aeolian Hall -- The Lincoln Theatre : once a carnival of merrymaking -- The paradox of Lemuel Haynes -- Black bishops : some African-American old Catholics and their churches -- An interview with Sherry Sherrod DuPree -- Vindicating the race : collectors of African-American books -- The first printed protest against slavery : George Keith's Exhortation of 1693 -- Books and writers of the Harlem Renaissance -- Shaping the future : new guide and database will range across African-American history and culture (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) -- "Remarks called for and otherwise" : the career of Charles F. Heartman, bookseller (with Pamela J. Petro).
African Americans
African Americans
American literature
African American arts.
African Americans
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