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The Caning Of Charles Sumner: Slavery, Race, And Ideology In The Age Of The Civil War, M Sinha Jan 2003

The Caning Of Charles Sumner: Slavery, Race, And Ideology In The Age Of The Civil War, M Sinha

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

Analyzes the discussion of slavery, race, and ideology inspired by the caning of antislavery Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in the Senate chamber on May 22, 1856, by South Carolinian Congressman Preston Smith Brooks. Reaction of Brooks to Sumner's 'The Crime of Kansas' speech; Fundamental political divide over racial slavery in the U.S. revealed by the reactions to Brooks' assault on Sumner; Emergence of Sumner as one of the foremost voices of emancipation and black rights in the national political arena; Event's revelation of how the concepts of freedom, democracy, and citizenship were not static but constantly contested.


Ralph Ellison: Biography, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Ralph Ellison: Biography, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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Review Of Black Orpheus: Music In African American Fiction From The Harlem Renaissance To Toni Morrison, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Review Of Black Orpheus: Music In African American Fiction From The Harlem Renaissance To Toni Morrison, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.


Toni Morrison: Jazz, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Toni Morrison: Jazz, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.


Toni Morrison: Paradise, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2003

Toni Morrison: Paradise, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.