Pages
1200
Year
2016
Language
English

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This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series. The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality. But it is also filled with courage and perseverance. Gathered here in this omnibus edition are ten books that exemplify courage and a willingness to fight against all odds and at any cost for what is right. These books shed light on a proud people who have been mistreated for hundreds of years, a people who have refused to give up and who continue to demand respect and their rightful place in our society.

Included in this edition are:

'My Larger Education' by Booker T. Washington;

'Narrative of Sojourner Truth' by Sojourner Truth;

'Character Building' by Booker T. Washington;

'Life and Times of Frederick Douglass' by Frederick Douglass;

'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano' by Olaudah Equiano;

'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave' by Frederick Douglass;

'Quicksand' by Nella Larsen;

'The Heroic Slave' by Frederick Douglass;

'The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave' by Mary Prince; and

'The Souls of Black Folk' by W. E. B. Du Bois.

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