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Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It
by
Herb Boyd
"Autobiography of a People" is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience. From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait:
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576 pages
Published
December 26th 2000
by Anchor Books
(first published January 18th 2000)
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Although I did not finish this book, I was greatly impressed with the 1st-person narratives it contains. The stories at the beginning written by supposed ignorant savage people whose lot in life was supposed to be enslavement are touching and full of emotion. Their points are made, they knew they were being wrongly abused and desired their freedom. The first narratives are their remenisces of life in Africa and freedom, and their abject misery at what has befallen them. Those slavery apologists
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Gather around everyone and I'll tell you a tale of stories to be told. Although there are only fragments in this book of stories told of a living history it is a fantastic collection. As one author says unless you have been there as they have you can't know what it's like to experience what they all had to go through. It's both sad, joyous, maddening and yet hopeful. The voices of the past were always hopeful for the future. Bit by bit they would lay the groundwork for the next generation and th
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An anthology with very touching personal stories. A must read.
I really enjoyed reading about the amazing stories of the many African-Americans mentioned in this book and the struggles they had and still have to this day which is senseless. America needs to look at how they treat their own people before telling other countries how to treat theirs.
A great overview of the real story and times of Black people. Amazing.
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Herb Boyd is an awarding winning author and journalist who has published 17 books and countless articles for national magazines and newspapers. Brotherman:The Odyssey of Black Men in America: An Anthology (One World/Ballantine, 1995), co-edited with Robert Allen of the Black Scholar journal, won the American Book Award for nonfiction. In 1999, Boyd won three first place awards from the New York As
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