A Saga of the Black Family
Author: Rosetta Lucas Quisenberry
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2012-10
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 1477207686
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Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2012-10
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 1477207686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rosetta Lucas Quisenberry
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jane C. Beck
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2015-06-15
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0252097289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--"a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own century and more of life. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began a series of interviews with Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history. Beck uses Turner's storytelling to build the Turner family saga, using at its foundation the oft-repeated touchstone stories at the heart of their experiences: the abduction into slavery of Turner's African ancestors; Daisy's father Alec Turner learning to read; his return as a soldier to his former plantation to kill his former overseer; and Daisy's childhood stand against racism. Other stories re-create enslavement and her father's life in Vermont--in short, the range of life events large and small, transmitted by means so alive as to include voice inflections. Beck, at the same time, weaves in historical research and offers a folklorist's perspective on oral history and the hazards--and uses--of memory. Publication of this book is supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Folklore Fund.
Author: Joseph E. Holloway
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 234
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Neither Black nor White: The Saga of An American Family is a historical novel, which traces the history of the Hadnot family from Gloucester, England in 1585 to New Orleans with the birth of Lucille Catherine (Celia) Hughes Hadnot the matriarch of six families. It is the true story of a Black family, who were never enslaved, but owners of slaves; a tale of a people who regarded themselves as "neither black nor white." It is a story of family -- one black and the other white, both related by a common ancestor named John Hadnot. This novel by Joseph E. Holloway is compelling reading, which explores black culture, history, Jim Crow as well as issues of colorism. Book jacket.
Author: Charles V. Willie
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2010-02-16
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0742570088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Charles Willie and Richard Reddick's A New Look at Black Families has introduced thousands of students to the intricacies of the Black family in American society since its publication in 1976. Using a case study approach, Willie and Reddick show the varieties of the Black family experience and how those experiences vary by socioeconomic status. In addition to examining families of low-income, working, and middle classes, the authors also look to the family experiences of highly successful African Americans to try to identify the elements of the family environment leading to success. The authors puncture the myth of the Black matriarchy prevalent in the popular imagination; and they explore a variety of family configurations, including a family with same-gender parents. The sixth edition has been reorganized and updated throughout. The new Part III—Cases Against and for Black Men and Women—unites two chapters from previous editions into a cohesive discussion of stereotypes and misunderstandings from both scholars and the mass media. Also, a new chapter on the Obama family offers support for cross-gender and cross-racial mentoring, and it demonstrates the value of extended family relations.
Author: Harriette Pipes McAdoo
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1412936373
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Author: S R Martin, Jr
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1603443541
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In distinctive, engaging prose, S. R. Martin Jr. crafts the story of his forebears and their westward journey, begun even before the great black migration that occurred around the two world wars. By narrating the struggles and triumphs of his family--both paternal and maternal--during their move west, he illuminates an under-studied facet of African American history. As Martin explains it, he and his brother "arrived on the scene at the confluence of these family streams in time to catch a ride to the shining sea." Students, scholars, and interested general readers of modern African American history and sociology will be greatly rewarded by reading this warm and vivid personal and family memoir.
Author: Clever Black
Publisher:
Published: 2012-03
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780985350901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of Labor. Office of Policy Planning and Research
Publisher:
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The life and times of the thirty-second President who was reelected four times.
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780803719507
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.