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African American frontiers : slave narratives and oral histories
- Title
- African American frontiers : slave narratives and oral histories / Alan Govenar.
- Author
- Govenar, Alan B., 1952-
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 01-55 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 02-3328 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xlvii, 551 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-538) and index.
- Contents
- Slave narratives: Henry Bibb. Jacob Blockson. Henry Box Brown. William Wells Brown. Lewis Clarke. Ellen and William Craft. Frederick Douglass. Olaudah Equiano. Daniel Fisher. Frances Henderson. John Jackson. Jarmain Wesley Loguen. James Mars. Venture Smith. Harriet Tubman -- WPA slave narratives: Phoebe Banks. David A. Hall. Felix Haywood. Silas Jackson. James Calhart James. Bill Simms. Milton Starr -- Oral histories: Charles James Bate, physician. Ollie Hunter Boyd, dry cleaner. Charles Brown, rhythm and blues pianist. Anna Mae Conley, nanny and domestic worker. Madge E. Copeland, beauty shop operator. Herbert Cowens, jazz drummer and USO bandleader. Leon Davis, policeman's son, U.S. Air Force colonel. LaVerne Cooksey Davis, licensed practical nurse. Virginia Clark Gayton, power machine operator and descendant of Lewis E. Clarke. Anita Hairston, NAACP volunteer. Erma Hadrey Hayman, window dresser. Minnie Lee Haynes, housekeeper and descendant of Samuel D. Chambers. Fannie Ezelle Hill, civil rights activist. Hugh Hollins, barber. Eunice Jackson, funeral director. Herb Jeffries, actor and entertainer. Irene McClellan King, teacher. Gwendolyn Knight, artist. Jacob Lawrence, artist. Bruce Lee, biologist. Tony Lott, ranch cowboy. John McLendon, basketball coach. Brownie McGhee, blues musician. Jay McShann, jazz bandleader. Martha Nash, community worker and doctor's widow. Earl W. Rand, educator and college president. Clarence Ray, gambler. Archie Reynolds, gospel singer. Herman Simmons, Pullman porter. Charles Earl Simms, attorney. Katie Simms, homemaker and domestic worker. Wesley Sims, minister. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, gospel and pop singer. Clara Terrell, cloakroom attendant. Jesse Thomas, blues musician. William Waddell, veterinarian. A.J. Walker, cowboy and rodeo organizer. Alice Mae Williams, homemaker and mother. Arbie Williams, quilter. Francis Williams, civil rights attorney. Mack Williams, cowboy and minister. Marvin Williams, baseball player. Liola McClean Cravens Woffort, miner's descendant. Barbara Wood, teacher. Wesley Young, rodeo cowboy.
- Call Number
- Sc F 01-55
- ISBN
- 0874368677 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00011250
- OCLC
- 45008438
- Author
- Govenar, Alan B., 1952-
- Title
- African American frontiers : slave narratives and oral histories / Alan Govenar.
- Imprint
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-538) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 01-55JFF 02-3328