Long black song ; essays in Black American literature and culture / [by] Houston A. Baker, Jr.

Discusses Walker, Douglass, Booker T. Washington's Up from slavery, W.E.B. du Bois' The souls of Black folk, Richard Wright's Native son, and more.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, [1972]
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Table of Contents:
  • Completely well: one view of Black American culture
  • Black folklore and the Black American literary tradition
  • Freedom and apocalypse: a thematic approach to Black expression
  • Revolution and reform: Walker, Douglass, and the road to freedom
  • Men and institutions: Booker T. Washington's Up from slavery
  • The Black man of culture: W.E.B. DuBois and The souls of Black folk
  • From the improbable fields down South: one view of ghetto language and culture
  • Racial wisdom and Richard Wright's Native son.