{"product_id":"voices-of-the-african-american-experience-3-volumes","title":"Voices of the African American Experience [3 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLIONEL C. BASCOM is Professor of Journalism at Western Connecticut State University and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Stories of an African Community\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) as well as author of numerous other books and essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom early accounts of free blacks in the Colonies to slave narratives recorded by Works Progress Administration employees in the 1930s to a recent speech by Senator Barack Obama, this collection offers a treasure trove of carefully selected primary documents from and concerning African Americans. It is among the largest and widest-ranging collection of documents on the entire African American experience in print. Voices of the African American Experience provides access to fresh voices from history until today in more than 130 documents. Examples include speeches, articles, mission statements, ephemera, testimony, letters, sermons, prayers, spirituals\/songs, slave narratives, memoirs, essays, interviews, and more. Key official documents and important communications from noted African Americans are of course present, while making the words of ordinary African Americans from the past easily accessible to the general public. Each document is introduced and contextualized, making this set especially valuable and helpful in student research.\u003cbr\u003eThe documents are organized in chronological order. Each document is sourced and the document introduction includes information such as parties involved, location, significance, and impact. A chronology and selected bibliography further aid in the writing of history term papers and African American History Month reports. Sample documents include: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man, 1760 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosiah Henson, Thirty Years a Slave, 1849\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrederick Douglass, Slave Holding Provisions in the Constitution, March 26, 1860\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gullah Proverbs, 1861\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the Southern Negro Is Doing for Himself, by Samuel J. Barrows, 1891\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNegro National Anthem, 1897\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRestaurant Accommodations, 1903\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-one Negro Spirituals, 1934-1938\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarlem Cocktail Party, Dorothy West, 1934-1939\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBullet or Ballot: Malcolm X, 1964\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesse Jackson's 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA More Perfect Union Speech, Barack Obama, March 18, 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Described by editor Bascom (A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Community) as 'a document collection, rather than a history, ' this three-volume set forms an engaging compilation of narratives, speeches, sermons, and historical documents on the African American experience. Arranged chronologically, the 145 articles cover African American involvement in the Americas from 1600s to 2008, with Volume 1 ending shortly after Reconstruction, Volume 2 ending in the Great Depression, and Volume 3 culminating with president-elect Obama's election night speech in January 2009. . . . this work does a respectable job of pointing to some of the obstacles African Americans have had to overcome in the United States. Academic or public libraries that own To Make Our World Anew or TV shows such as the PBS video series Eyes on the Prize could use this as a companion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eVoices of the African American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is a three-volume scholarly compendium of primary testimonies and sources of African-American history . . . offering an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of African-Americans during the past four hundred years, in their own words. . . . A thoroughly accessible resource sure to fascinate readers of all backgrounds, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the African American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e deserves the highest recommendation especially for public and college library collections.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review - Wisconsin Bookwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Editor Bascom (English, Western Connecticut State U.) has compiled a collection of documents that reflect the experiences of African Americans from their early days as an enslaved people to their eventual status as Americans. Spanning a time period beginning with the initial importation of slaves to the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia to 2008, this three-volume set includes almost 150 documents. The documents include relevant acts of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court, correspondence, speeches, essays, interviews, and more. Authors range from Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams to James Baldwin and Al Sharpton. Entries are listed in chronological order and brief introductions place the entries in context. A substantial chronology of African American history also is included, as is a selected bibliography.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference \u0026amp; Research Book News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Three volumes of text provide an exhaustive review of history through the inclusion of 145 documents that are presented in date order. Each entry includes a brief expository statement that provides framing and context for the reader. A substantial chronology precedes the entries, and a selected bibliography supplements the text. ...Recommended for large public libraries, and smaller academic collections.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMultiCultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The majority of the selections in these volumes cannot be found with an online search; most are from non-digitized physical collections. And with the growing emphasis on the use of primary resources in schools, this set will be a valuable addition to a high school library. Public libraries whose patrons include historical or sociological researchers will also find it useful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...this set will be an asset to reference collections in academic and public libraries. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students in American history, political science, and sociology; general readers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Bascom's work is an excellent addition to all public and academic library collections.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eARBA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This wide-ranging survey will prove useful in high school, public and academic libraries.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence Looks at Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2009 pg. 95 (EAN 9780313343476, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 70 (EAN 9780313343476, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/01\/2009 (EAN 9780313343476, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2010 (EAN 9780313343476, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 54 (EAN 9780313343476, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBascom, Lionel C\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLIONEL C. 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