African American Collection

America's Journey Through Slavery

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Slavery in the United States from Jamestown through the Civil War.

The Freedmen's Book

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:22:09 +0000

This is a great a collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists. The result proved that they judged wisely for their own interest, as well as for the comfort and encouragement of their laborers. When the negroes found that they were paid for every day's work, they put their whole hearts into it. So zealous were they to earn wages, that they sometimes worked by moonlight.

Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:18:41 +0000

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands... ...often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine. They were also given confederate land that was abandoned or confiscated during war

Birth of the Freedman’s Bank

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:18:41 +0000

In the early 20th century, black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois issued a call for voluntary financial cooperation among blacks oppressed by racism and segregation, echoed in 1966 by the A. Philip Randolph Institute’s “Freedom Budget for All Americans” designed to stamp out poverty in America.

Freedman's Anti-Reconstruction

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:18:41 +0000

Apr 01, 2016 · Mississippi joins Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Mississippi as states that celebrate Confederate Heritage Month, alternately known as Confederate History Month.

Free People of Color LSU Libraries Special Collections

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:36:54 +0000

Free people of color--people of African descent who lived in colonial and antebellum America and were born free or escaped the bonds of slavery before it was abolished in 1865--made significant contributions to the economies and cultures of the communities in which they lived but held an anomalous status in the racial hierarchy of the day.

44 Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

A selection of poems for Paul Dunbar's complete collection. He is an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of his writing does not use Negro dialect; these more traditional poems have become of greater interest to scholars.

The Sport of the Gods

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:00:00 +0000

A novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered on urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city life in this 1902 examination of the forces that can extinguish the dreams of African Americans.

Charleston Syllabus For Those Who Wanted To Understand Race

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0000

The hashtag #CharlestonSyllabus is devoted to recommending books required for those who wanted to understand race and racism in the US.