num_pages: 448
description: UP FROM SLAVERYThe autobiography of Booker T Washington is a startling portrait ofone of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The illegitimate son of 'a white man and a Negro slave, Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien society.THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKW.E.B. DuBois's classic is a major sociological document and one of the momentous books in the mosaic of American literature. No other work has had greater influence on black thinking, and nowhere is the African-American's unique heritage and his kinship with all men so passionately described.NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASSFrederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it.
language: English
title: Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery / The Souls of Black Folk / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
titlecomplete: Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery / The Souls of Black Folk / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
genres: Classics, Social Justice, History, Cultural, Collections, Anthologies, African American, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 426
publisher: Dover Publications