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Autobiography of a People

Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It

Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It

By Herb Boyd

By Herb Boyd

By Herb Boyd

By Herb Boyd

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    About Autobiography of a People

    Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience.  From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait:

    Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson
    Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word
    Frederick Douglass on life in the North
    W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth
    Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole
    Harriot Jacobs on running away
    James Cameron on escaping a mob lyniching
    Alvin Ailey on the world of dance
    Langston Hughes on the Harlem Renaissance
    Curtis Morriw on the Korean War
    Max ROach on “jazz” as a four-letter word
    LL Cool J on rap
    Mary Church Terrell on the Chicago World’s Fair
    Rev. Bernice King on the future of Black America

    And many others.

    About Autobiography of a People

    Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience.  From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait:

    Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson
    Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word
    Frederick Douglass on life in the North
    W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth
    Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole
    Harriot Jacobs on running away
    James Cameron on escaping a mob lyniching
    Alvin Ailey on the world of dance
    Langston Hughes on the Harlem Renaissance
    Curtis Morriw on the Korean War
    Max ROach on “jazz” as a four-letter word
    LL Cool J on rap
    Mary Church Terrell on the Chicago World’s Fair
    Rev. Bernice King on the future of Black America

    And many others.

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    About Herb Boyd

    HERB BOYD is the national editor at The Black World Today, an online publication. He currently teaches African and African-American history at the College of New Rochelle in Manhattan. Boyd is also coeditor with Robert Allen of the American Book… More about Herb Boyd

    About Herb Boyd

    HERB BOYD is the national editor at The Black World Today, an online publication. He currently teaches African and African-American history at the College of New Rochelle in Manhattan. Boyd is also coeditor with Robert Allen of the American Book… More about Herb Boyd

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $21.95
    Published by Anchor
    Dec 26, 2000 | 576 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385492799

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 30, 2010 | 576 Pages | ISBN 9780307754936

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    Praise

    “A book of historical truth spoken loud and clear, as none of us have ever quite heard it before.”-Black Issues Book Review

    “A superbly crafted collection.”-QBR

    “An original and triumphant collection of first-person narratives from autobiographies, memoirs, journal writings, correspondence, and slave narratives… The number of selections makes for an impressive and eclectic chorus.”-Library Journal

    Awards

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER

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