 Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture by Howard Dodson (Books) (Author), Lisa Lytton (Books) (Editor) (Hardcover - February 2003) | | From Publishers Weekly: This is that rare title that effortlessly spans audience and age-group divides while it popularizes serious and compelling scholarship, in this case challenging widely held conceptions about modern culture in the Americas. In clean, almost terse prose Dodson presents a welter of facts showing the extent to which the colonization of North and South American depended on slave labor. A page-long foreword from Wynton Marsalis recalls the New Orleans culture of his youth. Next, Dodson (who has been director of Harlem's Schomberg Center for Research and Black Culture at the New York Public Library since 1984), along with his stellar team of scholars and poets, zeroes in on the Americas of the 17th and 18th centuries, when there were far more Black Americans than white. More than 200 photos and illustrations from the Schomberg's collection of more than five million work terrifically, selected specifically to counteract endlessly repeated images of victimization and document Black economies. They keep the story moving quickly and forcefully, and show concretely how black resistance resulted in cultural adaptations that now form the basis of cultures in the Americas: African and African-American carvings; portraits of prominent business and cultural figures; close-ups of irons and other implements of torture; marriage and other documents; contemporary press and poetry-there is an impressive amount of documentation here, culminating in the end of the Civil War. Never before have the economic and cultural histories of slavery come together so concisely and accessibly. This is an explosive, necessary book. Copyright 2002 Reed Busines Information, Inc. | Book Description: Introduction by Winton Marsalis. Slaves came to the Americas from many different parts of the African continent, bringing with them distinct languages, religions, and expressive arts. Jubilee shows the many ways that these diverse peoples united, forged their own identity, and laid the foundations for truly unique African-American social, cultural, political, and economic expressions throughout the Western Hemisphere. | | Jubilee is written by Howard Dodson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture—one of the most prominent institutions of black scholarship in the world. Essays by leading voices in African-American history and literature, including Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Amiri Bakara, Annette Gordon-Reed,and Gail Buckleywill explore topics such as abolition and emancipation, changes in family life and social development, religion, and the evolution of language, literacy, and education through the end of Reconstruction. This illuminating text is surrounded by more than 200 stunning illustrations, culled from the Schomburg’s collection of more than 5 million items. From slave ship manifests, manumission papers, and some of the earliest photographs of slaves to carved items that echo African sculpture and freedom quilts with African motifs, the book is richly illustrated in an interactive way that brings to life this crucial transition from slavery to freedom. | | Urban Biophysical Environments (Meridian - Australian Geographical Perspectives) by John Dodson (Books) (Contributor), et al (Paperback - May 1996) | | Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making of an African Intellectual by Walter Rodney (Books), et al (Paperback - August 1990) Editions: ardcover | Paperback |  Days Of Jubilee: The End Of Slavery In The United States by Patricia Mckissack (Author), et al (Hardcover - February 2003) | | Jubilee by Margaret Walker (Books) (Author) (Paperback) Editions: Library Binding | Paperback | Audio Cassette |
| Jubilee Continued | | Holy Bible: King James Version: African American Jubilee Edition (Hardcover - May 2000) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | | The Jubilee Illustrated Family Bible by Claude-Bernard Costecalde (Books) (Editor), et al (Hardcover) | | Annette Gordon-Reed |  Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History (Viewpoints on American Culture) by Annette Gordon-Reed (Books) (Editor) (Hardcover - July 2002) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | | Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed (Books) (Paperback - April 1998) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | | Vernon Can Read! A Memoir by Annette Gordon-Reed (Books), et al (Hardcover - October 2001) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | Audio Cassette (Unabridged) | Audio CD (Unabridged) | Hardcover (Large Print) | | Imamu Amiri Baraka | | Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Imamu Amiri Baraka (Books), et al (Paperback - September 1983) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | Unknown Binding |  Conversations With Amiri Baraka (Literary Conversations Series (Paper)) by Imamu Amiri Baraka (Books), Charlie Reilly (Books) (Editor) (Paperback - May 1994) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | | The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader by Imamu Amiri Baraka (Books), et al (Paperback - December 1999) Editions: Paperback | | The Music: Reflections on Jazz and Blues by Amiri Baraka (Books) (Contributor), et al | | Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones (1961-1995) by Imamu Amiri Baraka (Books), et al (Paperback - October 1995) | | Chewed Water: A Memoir by Aishah Rahman (Books), et al (Hardcover - November 2001) Editions: Hardcover | Paperback | | Others | | Dutchman and the Slave: Two Plays by Leroy Jones (Books), et al (Paperback - September 1983) | | To Raise, Destroy & Create: The Poetry, Drama, and Fiction of Imamu Amiri Baraka (Le Roi Jones) by Henry C. Lacey (Books) (Hardcover - 1981) | | At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray (Books) (Hardcover) | | Genealogists Guide to Discovering Your African American Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage by Emily Anne Croom (Books), Franklin Carter Smith (Books) (Paperback) | | Should America Pay: Slavery and the Raging Debate over Reparations by Raymond A. Winbush (Books) (Editor) (Hardcover) | | The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow by Richard Wormser (Books) (Author) (Hardcover) | | Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd (Books) (Author) (Hardcover) | | Related Categories | | Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National > African-American & Black | | Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National > General | | Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > General | | History > Americas > United States > African Americans > History | | Literature & Fiction > World Literature > United States > African American > Baraka, Amiri | | Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > General | | Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > African-American Studies | | Books by Subjects |
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