Negro ; an anthology / Edited and abridged, with an introd., by Hugh Ford.

Author/creator Cunard, Nancy
Other author Ford, Hugh D., 1925-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : F. Ungar Pub. Co., [1970]
Descriptionxxxii, 464 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, music, portraits ; 32 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Intellectual life. --20th century.
Black people--Intellectual life. --20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
Arts, Black--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions. --20th century.
Racism--History.
Racism against Black people--History.
African Americans--Poetry.
American poetry--20th century. --African American authors.
United States--Race relations. --History.

Contents America -- Negro stars -- Music -- Poetry -- West Indies and South America -- Europe -- Africa -- Negro sculpture and ethnology.
Abstract An ambitious anthology covering practically every aspect of Black life: history, literature, education, law, racial injustice, theater, art, and music. It examines not only Black life in the United States, but also in the West Indies, South America, Europe, and Africa. Nancy Cunard, a white intellectual, compiled and edited the anthology in 1934, hoping to prove "that there was no superior race, merely cultural differences, that racism has no basis whatsoever." The result is a book that exposes the persecution of Blacks through reportage on chain gangs, lynchings, and the Scottsboro boys case, proving the equality of Blacks through essays on their intellectual and artistic accomplishments. (Adapted from the New York Times: "When hatred was turning to pity" by Julius Lester, August 30, 1970).
Local noteLittle-68423 - $32.00
LCCN 71115065
ISBN0804412103
Stock number32.50

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Joyner General Stacks - Oversize E185.5 .C98 1970 ✔ Available Place Hold