Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art in History

by Sterling Stuckey

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Upon his arrival in the North, Frederick Douglass found, to his utter astonishment, "persons who could speak of the singing among slaves as the evidence of their contentment and happiness." As late as 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois observed that African American spirituals had led naive whites to believe that "life was joyous to the black slave, careless and happy." While these misconceptions have largely disappeared, the history of African American culture--and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:019508604X

ISBN13:9780195086041

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Art Arts, Music & Photography Ethnic & International History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Politics & Social Sciences Rhetoric Social Science

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