The Earliest African American Literatures: A Critical Reader

by Hutchins

With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims. Yet the stories of these Africans and their first descendants remain ephemeral and inaccessible for both the general public and educators. This groundbreaking collection of thirty-eight biographical and autobiographical texts chronicles the lives of literary black...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469665603
• ISBN13: 9781469665603
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"