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245 10 a| My face is black is true :b| Callie House and the struggle for ex-slave reparations /c| Mary Frances Berry.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2005.;

300 a| xiv, 314 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-295) and index.;

505 0 a| We need a movement -- Organizing the National Ex-slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association -- Association under attack -- Voices of the ex-slaves -- The Movement fights back -- Avoiding destruction -- The Association goes to federal court -- Jailed for justice -- Passing the torch -- The Reparations Movement still lives.;

520 a| Historian Berry resurrects the forgotten life of courageous pioneering activist Callie House (1861-1928), ex-slave, widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five who, seventy years before the civil rights movement, headed a demand for ex-slave reparations. House was born into slavery in 1861 and sought African-American pensions based on those offered Union soldiers, targeting taxes on seized rebel cotton (over $1.2 billion in 2005 dollars) and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. The Justice Department banned the activities of her town organizers and falsely accused her of mail fraud; the federal officials had the post office open the mail of almost all African-Americans, denying delivery on the smallest pretext. Though African-American newspapers, most of which preached meekness toward whites, ignored or derided Mrs. House's Ex-Slave Association, the movement flourished until she was imprisoned; deprived of her spirit, leadership and ferocity, the first national grassroots African-American movement fell apart.--From publisher description.;

541 3| Joyner Rare copyc| gift ofa| Gene and Susan Roberts,d| 2016.;

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650 0 a| African American women political activistsv| Biography.=| ^A468388;

650 0 a| Women political activistsz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A1023984;

650 0 a| African Americansx| Reparations.=| ^A539341;

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My face is black is true : Callie House and the struggle for ex-slave reparations / Mary Frances Berry.

Author/creator	Berry, Mary Frances
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Description	xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	House, Callie, 1861-1928. African American women political activists--Biography. Women political activists--United States. --Biography. African Americans--Reparations.

Contents	We need a movement -- Organizing the National Ex-slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association -- Association under attack -- Voices of the ex-slaves -- The Movement fights back -- Avoiding destruction -- The Association goes to federal court -- Jailed for justice -- Passing the torch -- The Reparations Movement still lives.
Abstract	Historian Berry resurrects the forgotten life of courageous pioneering activist Callie House (1861-1928), ex-slave, widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five who, seventy years before the civil rights movement, headed a demand for ex-slave reparations. House was born into slavery in 1861 and sought African-American pensions based on those offered Union soldiers, targeting taxes on seized rebel cotton (over $1.2 billion in 2005 dollars) and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. The Justice Department banned the activities of her town organizers and falsely accused her of mail fraud; the federal officials had the post office open the mail of almost all African-Americans, denying delivery on the smallest pretext. Though African-American newspapers, most of which preached meekness toward whites, ignored or derided Mrs. House's Ex-Slave Association, the movement flourished until she was imprisoned; deprived of her spirit, leadership and ferocity, the first national grassroots African-American movement fell apart.--From publisher description.
General note	"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-295) and index.
Digital Bookplate	Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN	2004051330
ISBN	1400040035 (alk. paper)

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