Bibliograph

Knowing him by heart, African Americans on Abraham Lincoln, edited by Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman

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Knowing him by heart, African Americans on Abraham Lincoln, edited by Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Knowing him by heart

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1317340844

Responsibility statement

edited by Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman

Series statement

The Knox College Lincoln studies center series

Sub title

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

Summary

"Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Jeanne Fields, Barack Obama, and dozens of others. The selections move from speeches to letters to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines Lincoln's still-evolving place in Black American thought"--, Provided by publisher

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African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

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