Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience. From the Mid
In a coming-of-age story as enchantingly vivid and ribald as anything Mark Twain or Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., recounts his childhood in the mi
This "rich autobiographical and historical panorama" ("Wall Street Journal") provides a memorable and lively account of the lives of the Friedmans: their involv
This History explores innovations in African American autobiography since its inception, examining the literary and cultural history of Black self-representatio