Voices from within the veil : African Americans and the experience of democracy /: African Americans and the experience of democracy. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William H. Alexander, Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander and Charles H. Ford.
• Other Names: Alexander, William H; Newby-Alexander, Cassandra, 1957-; Ford, Charles Howard, 1964-
• Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; POST- AND NEO-COLONIAL POCAHONTAS; VOICING VIRGINIA'S "NATURALS"? ALTERITY AND THE OLD WORLD RECEPTION OF MALICK'S THE NEW WORLD; JAMESTOWN SHUFFLE; CHAPTER TWO; 'THEIR HOPED FOR LIBERTY'; "RUNNING SERVANTS AND ALL OTHERS"; THE STRANGE CASE OF SHERIDAN FORD AND CLARISSA DAVIS; THINKING MEN AND WOMEN, WHO DESIRETO IMPROVE OUR CONDITION; 40 ACRES AND A MULE; CHAPTER THREE; THE RIGHT TO ONE'S RELATIVES; THE LANGSTON-QUARLES FAMILY; ADVANTAGE, AGENCY, AND UNREST; "THE KU KLUX KLAN ARE STILL SCRAPPING HERE." CHAPTER FOUR"THEY JUST GUNNED HIM DOWN UHGAIN"; JOSEPHINE ST. PIERRE RUFFIN AND MARY CHURCH TERRELL; CHAPTER FIVE; THE ECUMENICAL MOMENT; "SIT DOWN CHILDREN, SIT DOWN"; EPILOGUE; MIGRATION MATTERS, EVEN 400 YEARS LATER; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 372 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 973.0496073; History; African Americans -- History -- Congresses; African Americans -- Race identity -- Congresses; Democracy -- United States -- Congresses; African Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses; African Americans -- Ethnic identity; African Americans -- History -- Congresses; African Americans -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights; African Americans; African Americans -- Race identity; Democracy; Black & Asian studies; Civil rights & citizenship; United States; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443811767; 1443811769
• Related ISBNs: 1847186254; 9781847186256
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.