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Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War more books like this

by Melvin Patrick Ely

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Princeton history professor Melvin Patrick Ely chronicles a moving story of hope and hardship, pride and achievement, among free blacks in antebellum Virginia. 43 illustrations in text. 3 maps.

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The Adventures of Amos N Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon more books like this

by Melvin Patrick Ely

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Forty million Americans indulged in a national obsession in 1930: they eagerly tuned in Amos 'n' Andy, the nightly radio comedy in which a pair of white actors portrayed the adventures of two black men making a new life in the big city. Meanwhile, some angry African Americans demanded that Amos 'n' Andy be banned, even as others gathered in the ...

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Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy more books like this

by Melvin Patrick Ely

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In 1930, 40 million Americans indulged in a national obsession nightly - they eagerly tuned to "Amos 'n' Andy", a radio serial created and acted by two white men about the adventures of two Southern blacks making a new life in a Northern city. Today, "Amos 'n' Andy" survives in the American language mainly as a synonym for racist stereotyping. But ...

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