One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Frederick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during this life -- from the abolition of slavery to women's rights, from the Civil War to lynching, from American patriotism to ...
The popularity of cartoon music, from Carl Stalling's work for Warner Bros. to Disney sound tracks and The Simpsons' song parodies, has never been greater. This lively and fascinating look at cartoon music's past and present collects contributions from well-known music critics and cartoonists, and interviews with the principal cartoon composers. ...
The stigma of slavery has left an impression on the world's psyche. Between 1760 and 1902, more than 200 book-length autobiographies of ex-slaves were published. This text collects together 20 "slave narratives". They describe whippings, torture, starvation, escapes, slave auctions, sexual abuse, and murders. They also explore the triumphs and ...
"I Was Born a Slave" collects the twenty most significant slave narratives and arranges them chronologically in two volumes to form a mini-library of essential black writing. The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, and witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty ...
"I Was Born a Slave" collects the twenty most significant slave narratives and arranges them chronologically in two volumes to form a mini-library of essential black writing. The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, and witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty ...
This volume includes astonishing tales of heroic slaves. One, born free, was kidnapped and enslaved for twelve years; one was experimented upon by a doctor to see how deep his black skin went; one disguised herself as a male slave-owner; one hid herself from a lustful master in a crawlspace for seven years; one delighted in playing cruel practical ...
For ages 9-12. Ten slaves - all under the age of 19 - tell their stories of enslavement, brutality, and dreams of freedom in this collection. Culled from full-length autobiographies, these accounts were selected to help teenagers relate to the horrific experiences of slaves their own age in the not-so-distant past. Included are stories of young ...
Musicians strive to "keep it real"; listeners condemn "fakes"; but does great music really need to be authentic? By investigating this obsession in the last century, this title rethinks what makes popular music work.
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