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In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro, 1916-1966
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO 1916-1966
BY MILTON MELTZER ‧ RELEASE DATE: APRIL 14, 1967
The third and concluding volume keeps up the high standard of the series, again takes testimony from the distinguished and the anonymous dispossessed. Listen to Richard Wright telling how to live as a Negro; the letters of the destitute begging for work in the North; Walter White reporting on a race riot; Marcus Garvey exhorting black nationalism; Langston Hughes "In Love With Harlem" and W. E. B. DuBois scoring with irony. Relive the Depression in case studies of suffering in the cities, among tenant farmers and farm bands; attend the advent of social protest—a strike in New Jersey, unionization in the South, a national youth movement (1938), a proposed March on Washington (A. Philip Randolph 1942). A brief look at the Freedom Movement (the Montgomery bus boycott, voter registration in Mississippi) but the heart of the material is the bitter years that went before, making this unique. A detailed calendar of Negro history and a good brief reading list extend the usefulness of a book that is self-evidently essential.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO 1916-1966
BY MILTON MELTZER ‧ RELEASE DATE: APRIL 14, 1967
The third and concluding volume keeps up the high standard of the series, again takes testimony from the distinguished and the anonymous dispossessed. Listen to Richard Wright telling how to live as a Negro; the letters of the destitute begging for work in the North; Walter White reporting on a race riot; Marcus Garvey exhorting black nationalism; Langston Hughes "In Love With Harlem" and W. E. B. DuBois scoring with irony. Relive the Depression in case studies of suffering in the cities, among tenant farmers and farm bands; attend the advent of social protest—a strike in New Jersey, unionization in the South, a national youth movement (1938), a proposed March on Washington (A. Philip Randolph 1942). A brief look at the Freedom Movement (the Montgomery bus boycott, voter registration in Mississippi) but the heart of the material is the bitter years that went before, making this unique. A detailed calendar of Negro history and a good brief reading list extend the usefulness of a book that is self-evidently essential.
213 pages, Unknown Binding
First published June 1, 1964
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Milton Meltzer
180 books26 followersMilton Meltzer wrote 110 books, five of which were nominated for the National Book Award. With Langston Hughes, he co-authored A Pictorial History of Black Americans, now in its sixth edition. He received the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to children's literature, the 1986 Jane Addams Peace Association Children's Book Award, and the 2000 Regina Medal. He died in New York City of esophageal cancer at age 94.
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July 9, 2021Why is this not more well-known? I found it on worldcat under Joseph Hayne Rainey, apparently one of the voices included here... why is he not more famous? Or Richard Wright, or Booker T. Washington, or W.E.B. Du Bois, or Marcus Garvey? Dr. King and Mrs. Parks are not the only heroes. I wonder if Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. includes them.
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