Download or read book Frederick Douglass O Neal written by Renee A. Simmons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996. Despite national recognition as President of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), pioneering efforts as co-founder of the American Negro Theatre, high visibility as one of the first black performers on television, and the notoriety of being blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Frederick Douglass 0‘Neal remains a man about whom Americans naively ask: "Who was Frederick Douglass O’Neal?" The same question might be asked of numerous other historically significant black Americans. This book, which examines O’Neal’s sixty-year professional career until his retirement from AEA, adds a few significant pages to this missing history.
Download or read book Frederick Douglass O Neal written by Renee Antoinette Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Every Step a Struggle written by Frank Manchel and published by New Acdemia+ORM. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This fascinating collection of interviews is ‘must reading’ for anyone interested in the cultural politics of race in America. A unique historical resource.” —Denise Youngblood, author of Cinematic Cold War This book pays tribute to the sacrifices and achievements of seven individuals who made difficult and controversial choices to ensure that black Americans shared in the evolution of the nation’s cultural heritage. Transcriptions and analyses of never-before-published uncensored conversations with Lorenzo Tucker, Lillian Gish, King Vidor, Clarence Muse, Woody Strode, Charles Gordone, and Frederick Douglass O’Neal reveal many of the reasons and rationalizations behind a racist screen imagery in the first three-quarters of the twentieth century. This primary source, replete with pictures, documentation, and extensive annotations, recounts through the words of important participants what happened to many film pioneers when a new generation of African-Americans rebelled against the nation’s stereotyped film imagery. “The author has taken a unique approach and may have even created a new genre of writing: theinterview embellished with scholarly commentary. It is a fascinating experiment . . . This book belongs in every research library and in all public libraries from mid-size to large cities. It fills in lacunae between existing studies.” —Peter C. Rollins, Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Film & History
Download or read book A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass written by Neil Roberts and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a prolific writer and public speaker whose impact on American literature and history has been long studied by historians and literary critics. Yet as political theorists have focused on the legacies of such notables as W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Douglass's profound influence on Afro-modern and American political thought has often been undervalued. In an effort to fill this gap in the scholarship on Douglass, editor Neil Roberts and an exciting group of established and rising scholars examine the author's autobiographies, essays, speeches, and novella. Together, they illuminate his genius for analyzing and articulating core American ideals such as independence, liberation, individualism, and freedom, particularly in the context of slavery. The contributors explore Douglass's understanding of the self-made American and the way in which he expanded the notion of individual potential by arguing that citizens had a responsibility to improve not only their own situations but also those of their communities. A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass also considers the idea of agency, investigating Douglass's passionate insistence that every person in a democracy, even a slave, possesses an innate ability to act. Various essays illuminate Douglass's complex racial politics, deconstructing what seems at first to be his surprising aversion to racial pride, and others explore and critique concepts of masculinity, gender, and judgment in his oeuvre. The volume concludes with a discussion of Douglass's contributions to pre– and post–Civil War jurisprudence.
Download or read book Two Friends written by Dean Robbins and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass dicuss their efforts to win rights for women and African Americans. Some people had rights, while others had none. Why shouldn't they have them, too? Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, get together for tea and conversation. They recount their similar stories fighting to win rights for women and African Americans. The premise of this particular exchange between the two is based on a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York, which shows the two friends having tea. The text by award-winning writer Dean Robbins teaches about the fight for women's and African Americans' rights in an accessible, engaging manner for young children. Two Friends is beautifully illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, the husband-and-wife team whose The Case for Loving received three starred reviews! Two Friends includes back matter with photos of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.
Download or read book African American Lives written by Henry Louis Gates and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long-awaited successor to the "Dictionary of American Negro Biography," the authors illuminate history through the immediacy of individual experience, with authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans.
Download or read book Frederick Douglass in Washington D C written by John Muller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reconstruct[s] Douglass’s life in the nation’s capital, both at home and in the halls of power, in ways that no other biographer has done” (Leigh Fought, author of Women in the World of Frederick Douglass). The remarkable journey of Frederick Douglass from fugitive slave to famed orator and author is well recorded. Yet little has been written about Douglass’s final years in Washington, DC. Journalist John Muller explores how Douglass spent the last eighteen years of his life professionally and personally in his home, Cedar Hill, in Anacostia. The ever-active Douglass was involved in local politics, from aiding in the early formation of Howard University to editing a groundbreaking newspaper to serving as marshal of the District. During this time, his wife of forty-four years, Anna Murray, passed away, and eighteen months later, he married Helen Pitts, a white woman. Unapologetic for his controversial marriage, Douglass continued his unabashed advocacy for the rights of African Americans and women and his belief in American exceptionalism. Through meticulous research, Muller has created a fresh and intimate portrait of Frederick Douglass of Anacostia. Includes photos! “Muller’s book connects Douglass to the city and neighborhood the way no other project has yet been able to . . . you’re able to re-imagine the man and re-consider the possibilities of the place he once lived.” —Martin Austermuhle, DCist
Download or read book Life and Times of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.
Download or read book The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass from 1817 1882 written by Frederick Douglass and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Speeches of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty of Frederick Douglass's most important orations This volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglass's most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including slavery, abolitionism, civil rights, sectionalism, temperance, women's rights, economic development, and immigration. Douglass's oratory is accompanied by speeches that influenced him, his reflections on successful rhetorical strategies, contemporary commentary on his performances, and modern-day assessments of his rhetorical legacy.
Download or read book If I Survive written by Celeste-Marie Bernier and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a new topographical methodology for the study of cinema and the Holocaust
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-09-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Download or read book Declaring Rights Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 2nd written by James A. Henretta and published by Bedford/st Martins. This book was released on 2005-08-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-09-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Download or read book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF SLAVERY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA One of history’s greatest crimes, the American slave trade led to the suffering of untold numbers of men and women. But how can we better understand the lives and experiences of those who endured it? Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a harrowing first hand look at the brutal indignities of slavery in the nineteenth century, and the society that allowed it to happen. To better understand our shared present, we need to fully grapple with our difficult past. Douglass’ Narrative is a key piece of that puzzle. An insightful introduction by Debra Newman Ham, a former Black history archivist for the Library of Congress, analyzes the text and looks at the key events in Douglass’ life.
Download or read book Life and Times of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrated version of America's most famous autobiography. Famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass wrote the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, an 1845 memoir and treatise on the abolition of slavery. In describing the facts of his life in clear and concise prose, he fueled the abolitionist movement of the early nineteenth century in the United States. In this seminal work, Douglass details the cruelty of slave holders, how slaves were supposed to behave in the presence of their masters, the fear that kept many slaves where they were, and the punishments received by any slave who dared to tell the truth about their treatment. He learned to read and write while still a slave but also suffered at the hands of whites. He was starved, worked the fields until he collapsed, was beaten for collapsing, was jailed for two years after planning an escape attempt, and nearly lost his left eye in an attack while he was an apprentice in a shipyard. Douglass succeeded in escaping to the North and finding his own freedom but kept many details of his journey a secret to protect those who helped him and, hopefully, allow others to escape. Augmented by large sidebars written by soldiers, statesmen, and abolitionists from the antebellum period, as well as pieces by well-known historians and prominent African-Americans, and some new pieces by current historians and writers, this richly illustrated edition of this classic American autobiography sheds new light on Douglass's famous text for a new generation of readers.
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
