Bursting Bonds: The Autobiography of a New Negro

by William L. Andrews and William Pickens

Book Overview

In 1911, William Pickens published the first edition of his autobiography, The Heir of Slaves, in which he writes about the importance of his education and recounts the experiences that led him into public life. The narrative discusses his family, the various teachers and mentors who helped guide him, and the incidents and methods by which he accomplished so much. Pickens's later works increasingly demanded the rights of full citizenship for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268038856
• ISBN13: 9780268038854
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.6"