<![CDATA[Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It]]>

false <![CDATA[Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178436300m/796049.jpg 796049 2 Herb Boyd is one of the most accomplished African American journalists on the scene--and also a gifted anthologist, as evidenced by his award-winning collection Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America. His new reader, Autobiography of a People, is a potpourri of Afro-American voices spanning three centuries--a soulful choir singing of joy, sorrow, freedom, and victory. "The story of African people is a glorious one," Boyd writes, "replete with a pantheon of mighty voices and courageous souls who in their combined strength have overcome inestimable odds and carved a special niche in the gallery of world culture." From the 18th century, we read the slave narratives of Olaudah Equiano, the pristine poetry of Phillis Wheatley, and scientific writings of astronomer Benjamin Banneker. The power of Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth called forth the fires of freedom one century later. And, as the book heads into the 20th century, we revisit the wisdom of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, the homeland strivings of Marcus Garvey, and modern life-and-death lessons bequeathed to us by Mumia Abu-Jamal. From Marian Anderson to Malcolm X, Boyd highlights the diversity and dynamism of African American people and the benefits of all who are touched by their stories. --Eugene Holley Jr. 782027 26 12 2000 Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It total:2|4:1|3:1| 2 7 10 0 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 15:14:58 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:14:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 03 15:16:45 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:16:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 07:56:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:57:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 16:05:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 16:05:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 10 18:55:27 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:55:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 11 17:16:18 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:16:30 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 12:19:25 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 12:19:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jan 10 16:25:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 16:25:21 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 04 22:41:45 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 22:41:51 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun May 06 00:25:10 -0700 2007 Sun May 06 00:25:10 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=796049