Knowing him by heart : African Americans on Abraham Lincoln / edited by Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman.
"Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the...
Uniform Title: | Knox College Lincoln Studies Center series.
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Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2023]
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Series: | Knox College Lincoln Studies Center series.
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Physical Description: | 537 pages ; 25 cm. |
Variant Title: |
African Americans on Abraham Lincoln |
Format: | Book |
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"Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Jeanne Fields, Barack Obama, and dozens of others. The selections move from speeches to letters to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines Lincoln's still-evolving place in Black American thought"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | E457.2 .K585 2023 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780252044687 0252044681 |