Knowing Him by Heart - African Americans on Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover)

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. Frederick 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.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2022
Editors:	Fred Lee Hord • Matthew D. Norman
Introduction by:	Fred Lee Hord • Matthew D. Norman
Contributors:	Rodney O Davis • Douglas L. Wilson • Michael Burlingame • Richard Carwardine • Edna Greene Medford • James Oakes
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-04468-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > History > American history > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-252-04468-1
Barcode:	9780252044687

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