Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), the first book-length autobiography by a formerly enslaved African American woman.
With the context needed to appreciate all that Harriet Jacobs achieved in writing and publishing this book and by being an activist and advocate for the nearly forty years that she lived after publishing this monumental work.
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From Slave Cabins to the White House
African American mothers and wives navigating double standards
From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture
A significant insight of Living with Lynching is that mobs most often targeted successful black men and women, not criminals. In many ways, then, it is a study of successful black families—families whose achievements (against the worst odds) inspired white supremacist violence. Koritha’s current book project continues her examination of accomplished black families, from slavery to the Age of Michelle Obama, and the often troubling ways in which American culture has responded to them.
Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances E. W. Harper
The first scholarly edition of this classic since scholars discovered it was Harper’s 4th novel, not her 1st. Book Description + Reviews »
Living with Lynching: African
American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930
The first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American culture. Book Description + Reviews »
