Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature / Rudine Sims Bishop.
Presents a history of African American literature for children from its beginnings in the oral culture of the slaves of the South to the initial church works of the nineteenth century and its full emergence as a literature following the Harlem Renaissance.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2007.
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Summary: | Presents a history of African American literature for children from its beginnings in the oral culture of the slaves of the South to the initial church works of the nineteenth century and its full emergence as a literature following the Harlem Renaissance. |
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Physical Description: | xvi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780325071350 0325071357 9780313340932 0313340935 |