Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its role in leading a group of free Blacks to form a colony in Sierra Leone in the 1790s to helping ex-slaves after the Civil War, and from playing major roles in the Civil Rights Movement to offering community outreach programs in American cities today, black churches have been the focal point of social change in their communities. Based on extensive research over several years, Mighty Like a River is the first comprehensive account of how...
Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its rol...
Geneva Cobb Moore deftly combines literature, history, criticism, and theory in Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature by offering insight into the historical black experience from slavery to freedom as depicted in the literature of nine female writers across several centuries.
Moore traces black women writers' creation of feminine and maternal metaphors of power in literature from the colonial era work of Phillis Wheatley to the postmodern work of Paule Marshall, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. Through their characters Moore shows how these...
Geneva Cobb Moore deftly combines literature, history, criticism, and theory in Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literatu...
Slave, boat pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. Congressman--Robert Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. In the first biography of Smalls, sociologist Billingsley explores the life of an enduring legend.
Slave, boat pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. Congressman--Robert Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon. In the first biogr...
