138 Books in the “Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures” Category (collage)
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
by Glory EdimBallantine Books (Oct 29, 2024)
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Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
by Dionne BrandFarrar, Straus and Giroux (Oct 01, 2024)
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This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
by James BaldwinDelmonico Books (Sep 17, 2024)
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Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
by Alexis Pauline GumbsFarrar, Straus and Giroux (Aug 20, 2024)
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God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin
by Hilton AlsDancing Foxes Press/Brooklyn Museum (Mar 19, 2024)
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Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
by Winston JamesColumbia University Press (Jul 12, 2022)
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
by Gene Andrew JarrettPrinceton University Press (Jun 07, 2022)
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Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
by A.J. VerdelleAmistad (May 10, 2022)
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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker
by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)Atria / 37 Ink (Apr 01, 2022)
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Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
by Nadra NittleFortress Press (Oct 05, 2021)
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Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.Crown Publishing Group (Jun 30, 2020)
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The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom
by Toni MorrisonKnopf Publishing Group (Dec 03, 2019)
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Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
by Mitchell S. JacksonScribner (Mar 05, 2019)
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The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada;
by Josiah HensonFranklin Classics Trade Press (Nov 11, 2018)
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To Float In The Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight
by Terrance HayesWave Books (Sep 04, 2018)
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Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
by Gregory PardloKnopf (Apr 10, 2018)
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Conversations with John A. Williams
by Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. WilliamsUniversity Press of Mississippi (Feb 20, 2018)
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Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times (Women Writers of Color)
by Deborah G. PlantPraeger Publishers (Aug 18, 2017)
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Chester B. Himes: A Biography
by Lawrence P. JacksonW. W. Norton & Company (Jul 25, 2017)
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Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Angela JacksonBeacon Press (May 30, 2017)
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Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
by Thabiti LewisUniversity Press of Mississippi (May 01, 2017)
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Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution
by Richard KigelParagon House (Jan 15, 2017)
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Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones
by Hettie JonesDuke University Press Books (Oct 18, 2016)
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The Lights of Pointe-Noire: A Memoir
by Alain MabanckouThe New Press (Mar 01, 2016)
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Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond
by Langston HughesUniversity of California Press (Feb 01, 2016)
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Alex Haley: And The Books That Changed A Nation
by Robert J. NorrellSt. Martin’s Press (Nov 01, 2015)
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The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood
by Kevin PowellAtria Books (Oct 27, 2015)
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Dark Justice (Dark Justice Series)
by Diane CooperWild Ivy Publishing (Oct 05, 2015)
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Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom (New Black Studies Series)
by Sonja D WilliamsUniversity of Illinois Press (Aug 11, 2015)
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Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean
by James DavisColumbia University Press (Feb 24, 2015)
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Wandering Time: Western Notebooks
by Luís Alberto UrreaUniversity of Arizona Press (Feb 15, 2015)
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Selected Letters of Langston Hughes
by Langston HughesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group (Feb 10, 2015)
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview: and Other Conversation
by Gabriel Garcia MarquezMelville House (Jan 27, 2015)
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The Words & Wisdom of Charles Johnson
by Charles JohnsonDzanc Books (Jan 20, 2015)
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James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
by James BaldwinMelville House (Dec 02, 2014)
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Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey
by Editors of Essence MagazineEssence (Jul 29, 2014)
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A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist (Women Writers of Color)
by Linda Janet HolmesPraeger Publishers (May 12, 2014)
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Visible Man: The Life Of Henry Dumas
by Jeffrey B. LeakUniversity of Georgia Press (Apr 15, 2014)
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Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home
by Esi EdugyanUniversity of Alberta Press (Apr 01, 2014)
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Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir
by Elizabeth NunezAkashic Books (Apr 01, 2014)
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Fathering Words: The Making Of An African American Writer
by E. Ethelbert MillerBlack Classic Press (Aug 13, 2013)
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In The House Of The Interpreter: A Memoir
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’oPantheon Books (Nov 06, 2012)
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There Was A Country: A Personal History Of Biafra
by Chinua AchebePenguin Press (Oct 11, 2012)
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And Bid Him Sing: A Biography Of Countee Cullen
by Charles MolesworthUniversity of Chicago Press (Oct 01, 2012)
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The South Africa of His Heart: A Memoir about Love, Loss and Serendipity: a work of creative nonfiction
by Davida Siwisa JamesCreateSpace (Sep 21, 2012)
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One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
by Binyavanga WainainaGraywolf Press (Sep 04, 2012)
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My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War
by Lawrence P. JacksonUniversity of Chicago Press (May 15, 2012)
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Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
by Pearl CleageAtria Books (Apr 12, 2012)
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Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
by Toni Cade BambaraUniversity Press of Mississippi (Feb 02, 2012)
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Dorothy West’s Paradise: A Biography Of Class And Color
by Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonRutgers University Press (Jan 01, 2012)
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The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker
by Alice WalkerThe New Press (Nov 08, 2011)
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Literary Sisters: Dorothy West And Her Circle, A Biography Of The Harlem Renaissance
by Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia DavisRutgers University Press (Nov 03, 2011)
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One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
by Binyavanga WainainaGraywolf Press (Jul 19, 2011)
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Dust Tracks On A Road: An Autobiography
by Zora Neale HurstonHarper Perennial (Nov 02, 2010)
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work
by Edwidge DanticatPrinceton University Press (Sep 19, 2010)
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Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street
by Lee StringerSeven Stories Press (Jul 06, 2010)
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John Oliver Killens: A Life Of Black Literary Activism
by Keith GilyardUniversity of Georgia Press (May 15, 2010)
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Conversations With Yusef Komunyakaa (Literary Conversations Series)
by Shirley A. James HanshawUniversity Press of Mississippi (Apr 22, 2010)
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The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir
by Staceyann ChinScribner (Feb 09, 2010)
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Triangular Road: A Memoir
by Paule MarshallBasic Civitas Books (Jan 26, 2010)
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Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers
by Joanne V. GabbinUniversity Press of Mississippi (Aug 11, 2009)
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The Heart of a Woman
by Maya AngelouRandom House Trade Paperbacks (Apr 21, 2009)
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Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas
by Maya AngelouRandom House Trade Paperbacks (Apr 21, 2009)
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Gather Together In My Name
by Maya AngelouRandom House Trade Paperbacks (Apr 21, 2009)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya AngelouBallantine Books (Apr 21, 2009)
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Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad
by Bebe Moore CampbellBerkley Books (Jan 06, 2009)
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Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
by Herb BoydAtria Books (Dec 30, 2008)
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Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness
by Jewell Parker RhodesAtria Books (Oct 15, 2008)
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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution (Gender and American Culture)
by Lois BrownThe University of North Carolina Press (Jun 30, 2008)
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Toni Morrison: Conversations (Literary Conversations Series)
by Carolyn C. DenardUniversity Press of Mississippi (Jun 01, 2008)
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Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
by Eddie B. AllenSt. Martin’s Press (May 01, 2008)
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Richard Wright: The Life and Times
by Hazel RowleyUniversity of Chicago Press (Feb 15, 2008)
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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
by Maya AngelouRandom House Trade Paperbacks (Oct 09, 2007)
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Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
by Lawrence P. JacksonUniversity of Georgia Press (Oct 01, 2007)
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Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit (Women Writers of Color)
by Deborah G. PlantPraeger Publishers (Aug 30, 2007)
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Conversations with Leon Forrest (Literary Conversations)
by Leon ForrestUniversity Press of Mississippi (Aug 07, 2007)
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An Illuminated Life: Bella da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
by Heidi ArdizzoneW. W. Norton & Company (Jun 04, 2007)
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You Must Set Forth At Dawn: A Memoir
by Wole SoyinkaRandom House Trade Paperbacks (Mar 13, 2007)
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In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line
by George HutchinsonBelknap Press (May 30, 2006)
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When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
by Esmeralda SantiagoDa Capo Press (Feb 28, 2006)
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
by Zora Neale HurstonHarper Perennial (Jan 03, 2006)
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Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex
by Marita GoldenAnchor (Jan 04, 2005)
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Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
by Lucy HurstonDoubleday (Oct 19, 2004)
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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
by Maya AngelouRandom House (Sep 21, 2004)
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Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde
by Alexis De VeauxW. W. Norton & Company (May 01, 2004)
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Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
by Valerie BoydScribner (Feb 03, 2004)
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The Splendid Drunken Twenties: Selections from the Daybooks, 1922-1930
by Carl Van VechtenUniversity of Illinois Press (Sep 03, 2003)
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir
by E. Lynn HarrisDoubleday (Jul 08, 2003)
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Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens (African American Life Series)
by Keith GilyardWayne State University Press (Apr 01, 2003)
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The Zea Mexican Diary: 7 September 1926-7 September 1986
by Kamau BrathwaiteUniversity of Wisconsin Press (Jan 01, 2003)
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Conversations with Margaret Walker
by Maryemma GrahamUniversity Press of Mississippi (Dec 01, 2002)
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Nobody’s Son: Notes from an American Life
by Luís Alberto UrreaUniversity of Arizona Press (Aug 01, 2002)
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Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
by Emily BernardVintage (Feb 05, 2002)
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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1914-1967, I Dream a World
by Arnold RampersadOxford University Press (Jan 10, 2002)
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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World (Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967)
by Arnold RampersadOxford University Press (Jan 10, 2002)
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Finding Fish: A Memoir
by Antwone FisherWilliam Morrow Paperbacks (Dec 18, 2001)
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The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
by Alice WalkerBallantine Books (Oct 02, 2001)
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Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
by Maryse CondeSoho Press (Oct 01, 2001)
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In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son’s Journey to Understand His Father’s Legacy
by Ken WiwaSteerforth (Sep 09, 2001)
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Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers
by Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow Vintage (Apr 17, 2001)
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Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964
by Langston Hughes and Carl Van VechtenKnopf (Feb 13, 2001)
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Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad
by Bebe Moore CampbellBerkley Trade (Jun 01, 2000)
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The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey
by Toi DerricotteW. W. Norton & Company (Jun 17, 1999)
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Always In Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives
by Stanley CrouchVintage (Mar 16, 1999)
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Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life
by bell hooksHolt Paperbacks (Jan 15, 1999)
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Native in a Strange Land: Trials & Tremors
by Wanda ColemanBlack Sparrow (Sep 01, 1996)
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Conversations With Toni Morrison (Literary Conversations)
by Danille K. Taylor-GuthrieUniversity Press of Mississippi (Apr 01, 1994)
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Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man In America
by Nathan McCallVintage (Jan 31, 1994)
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The Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois, Volume I: Selections, 1877–1934
by W.E.B. Du BoisUniversity of Massachusetts Press (Oct 15, 1973)
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