Marcia Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler, and Richard A. LongBeloved poet, playwright, and humanitarian Maya Angelou is celebrated by her most intimate circle of friends, in this richly illustrated celebration of her life. With a Foreword by Oprah Winfrey.
The dynamic course of Afro-American literature from oppression through protest to liberation is depicted in the anthology. Long and Collier have added contemporary writers, introductions, and head notes to make this the most comprehensive, up-to-date anthology available. From Phillis Wheatley to Alice Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks, from Booker T. ...
Chronicles the Afro-American influence on modern dance and on choreographers like Martha Graham and George Balanchine. Illustrated by photos of great performances and performers.
Long's history of African-American life and accomplishments begins with slavery and continues into the 1990s, with an emphasis on the contributions of such luminaries as Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, and Duke Ellington. The introduction is by Maya Angelou.
The history of America is, in part, inextricably the history of its black inhabitants. This book celebrates their part in the shaping of modern America, before and after the bloody Civil War that ended slavery and up to the present. After emancipation in 1865 black families drifted to the industrial north to find work. Poverty and second-class ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana Geological Survey Water Resources Pamphlet 15, 1965, 27 Pp.
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. Softcovers; ex-corporate library; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of lower corner of wraps and leaves; o/w in very good condition. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli
Date Published: 1989
Description: A fine copy in fine dust jacket; beautifully illustrated. [AFRICAN-AMERICAN DANCE]. LONG, Richard A. THE BLACK TRADITION IN AMERICAN DANCE Photographs selected and annotated by Joe Nash. Quarto, cloth, 192 pages, illustrated (with numerous photographs, some in color, full-page). A survey of all the major personalities in Black dance from the 1920's to the present day, " written by an African-American scholar and historian. The photographs have been selected and documented by Joe Nash, "America ... read more
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: Government Printer
Date Published: 1872
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Title continues: "Appointed to inquire into the working of the present Gold Fields Act and Regulations of New South Wales, and into the best means of securing a permanent water supply for the gold fields of the colony". This is Appendix 1872 G-20 to the AJHR (Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives of New Zealand). It has been extracted from a volume of the AJHR, but is complete in itself with its own imprint and pagination. 37 pages. Page ... read more
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