Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself
Frederick Douglass, Celeste-Marie Bernier (ed.), and Andrew Taylor (ed.)
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois and Brent Hayes Edwards (ed.)
Originally published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. With its singular combination of essays, ...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Jean Fagan Yellin (ed.)
`So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' These words, said to have been uttered by Abraham Lincoln, signal the celebrity of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The first ...
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Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington and William L. Andrews (ed.)
‘My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.’
For half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the ...
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