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Andrews, William L., 1946-

Andrews, William L.

Andrews, William L.,1946-

Andrews, William L.

Olivia Raney Local History

Adult Non-Fiction

Olivia Raney Local History - Adult Non-Fiction

The first African American to publish a book in the South, the author of the first female slave narrative in the United States, the father of black nationalism in America—these and other founders of African American literature have a surprising connection to one another: they all hailed from the state of North Carolina.
This collection of poetry, fiction, autobiography, and essays showcases some of the best work of eight influential African American writers from North Carolina during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his introduction, William L. Andrews explores the reasons why black North Carolinians made such a disproportionate contribution (in quantity and lasting quality) to African American literature as compared to that of other southern states with larger African American populations. The authors in this anthology parlayed both the advantages and disadvantages of their North Carolina beginnings into sophisticated perspectives on the best and the worst of which humanity, in both the South and the North, was capable. They created an African American literary tradition unrivaled by that of any other state in the South.
Writers included here are Charles W. Chesnutt, Anna Julia Cooper, David Bryant Fulton, George Moses Horton, Harriet Jacobs, Lunsford Lane, Moses Roper, and David Walker.

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

810.8 NORTH RR-NC LIT

Wake County Public Libraries

Olivia Raney Local History

9780807856659

2006

The University of North Carolina Press
University of North Carolina Press

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African Americans -- Literary collections
African Americans -- North Carolina
African Americans -- North Carolina -- Intellectual life
American literature -- African American authors
American literature -- North Carolina
North Carolina -- Literary collections

The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature An Anthology

The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature An Anthology
The North Carolina roots of African American literature : an anthology / William L. Andrews, general editor

The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature

An Anthology

African American authors
African Americans
American literature
Biography & Autobiography
History
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction