Letters from Black America: Intimate Portraits of the African American Experience

Author/Contributor(s):	Newkirk, Pamela
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Date:	1/11/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The first-ever narrative history of African Americans told through their own letters
 
Letters from Black America fills a literary and historical void by presenting the spectrum of African American experience in the most intimate way possible—through the heartfelt correspondence of those who lived through monumental changes and pivotal events, from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, from slavery to the election of Obama.