On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led a band of slaves that terrorized the countryside outside of Jerusalem, Virginia in a short lived rebellion that left more than 150 blacks (most knew nothing of the rebellion) and nearly 60 whites dead. God directed his attack upon slavery, Turner believed, while his opponents viewed him as a "deluded fanatic."

America's Black Spartacus Remembered : The Confessions of Nat Turner

History

Americas

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Even Frederick Douglass was amazed in 1853 by Solomon Northup's best selling story: It is a strange history he wrote, its truth is stranger than fiction. So it was. And so it is, even today. The story remains an intriguing account. In 1841, Northup, a free black New Yorker who lived in Saratoga, N.Y., was lured to Washington, DC by promises of the congenial Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton, who invited him with his violin to join their stage routine. There, Northup was drugged and awoke in William's Slave Pen. His name had been changed to Platt. Eventually, he finds himself in Louisiana's Avoyelles Parish, the property of Master Epps, a nigger breaker. Platt details the account of his life as a slave and the wrenching story of Patsy, a memorable female slave. Remarkably, he was freed. As Solomon Northup, he brought suit against those who enslaved him. This unique American story is not to be missed.

An American Story: The Odyssey of Solomon Northup

Biographies & Memoirs

NORTHUP, SOLOMON

Historical

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Kente Classic in Kente Collection)

Literature & Fiction

Johnson, James Weldon

United States

In "Behind The Scenes", Elizabeth Keckley tells of the 30 years she spent in slavery, how she gained her freedom and of her remarkable friendship with Mary Todd Lincoln for whom she worked as a seamstress in the Lincoln White House.

Behind the Scenes: A Memoir

Keckley, Elizabeth

Community & Culture

These finely honed non-denominational homilies are written in Du Bois' finest lyrical prose. The values espoused in these prescriptions for daily living are universal in their appeal across race, nationality and creed and stand as ethical guides to the well-lived life. As we hear the prayers, we come to realize that these moral admonitions just as easily could have been titled prayers for all people. An introduction provides interesting insight into Du Bois' tenure as a teacher first at Wilberforce then at Atlanta University and how the prayers came to be.

Prayers for Dark People

DU BOIS, W.E.B.

Children's Books

This collection of 65 poems, read by professional actors, demonstrates the remarksble talent of James Weldon Johnson. It ranks with Johnson's acclaimed novel "The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man" (a MasterBuy selection) and his enduring "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", called by many the African-American National Hymn (recorded in MasterBuy's "Seven Family Kwanzaa Programs"). The poems range over a number of Johnson's interests: the intriguing beauty of the tropics; the "sorrow songs" rough hewn wisdom; the intoxicating effect of romance; dialect poems that provide insightful yet amusing truths. There are also other poems here, such as the brilliant "And The Greatest Of These Is War." ("O'Black and Unknown Bards" originally was published under the title of "Fifty Years").

O'Black and Unknown Bards

James Weldon Johnson

Poetry

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