Overview :Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We ... Read More
Overview :Most histories of Reconstruction deal primarily with political issues and the larger conflicts between Democrats and Republicans, notherners... Read More
Overview :Three heroic women whose stories, in the words of Margaret Walker, "every woman, man, and child should know": Ellen Craft, the daring runawa... Read More
Overview :Including oral history, letters and excerpts from diaries, this is a documentary study of 2 million black slave women and 200,000 free black... Read More
Overview :Decades before Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Malcolm X, Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) proclaimed his pride in being black, and de... Read More
Overview :This is all part of Dorothy Sterling's fascinating description of The Outer Lands, and the plants and animals that inhabit this peninsula an... Read More
Overview :This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources--including letters, diaries, memoirs, ... Read More
Overview :"Harriet Tubman was a fascinating personality, and Mrs. Sterling has told the exciting story of her life so swiftly, so absorbingly, that th... Read More