UP FROM SLAVERY
The autobiography of Booker T Washington is a startling portrait ofone
of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
century. The illegitimate son of 'a white man and a Negro slave,
Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to
struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien
society.
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
W.E.B. DuBois's classic is a major sociological document and one of the
momentous books in the mosaic of American literature. No other work has
had greater influence on black thinking, and nowhere is the
African-American's unique heritage and his kinship with all men so
passionately described.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN
Originally published anonymously, James Weldon Johnson's penetrating
work is a remarkable human account of the life of black Americans in the
early twentieth century and a profound interpretation of his feelings
towards the white man and towards members of his own race. No other book
touches with such understanding and objectivity on the phenomenon once
called "passing" in a white society.
These three narratives, gathered together in Three Negro Classics
chronicle the remarkable evolution of African-American consciousness on
both a personal and social level. Profound, intelligent, and insightful,
they are as relevant today as they have ever been.
The Autobiography of Booker T. Washington is a startling portrait of one
of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
century. The illegitimate son of a white man and a Negro slave,
Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to
struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien
society.W.E.B. DuBois's classic is a major sociological document and one
of the momentous books in the mosaic of American literature. No other
work has had greater influence on black thinking, and nowhere is the
African-American's unique heritage and his kinship with all men so
passionately described.Originally published anonymously, James Weldon
Johnson's penetrating work is a remarkable human accout of the life of
black Americans in the early twentieth century and a profound
interpretation of his feelings towards the w3hite man and towards
members of his own race. No other book touches with such understanding
and objectivity on the phenomenon once called "passing" in a white
society.These three narratives, gathered together in Three Negro
Classics, chronicle the remarkable evolution of African-American
consciousness on both a personal and social level. Profound,
intelligent, and insightful, they are as relevant today as they have
ever been.
