Product Description: Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way―by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events.• Highlights the history and experience of people of color in the United States through 450 important documents and firsthand accounts• Introduces readers to multiple viewpoints about landmark events• Provides a unique and helpful "Guide to Why and How to Use Primary Documents...read more

Product Description: From early accounts of free blacks in the Colonies to slave narratives recorded by Works Progress Administration employees in the 1930s to a recent speech by Senator Barack Obama, this collection offers a treasure trove of carefully selected primary documents from and concerning African Americans...read more

Gathers lesser-known writings by the Harlem Renaissance author, featuring pieces that were written for the New York Daily News, the Work Progress Administration's Federal Writer's Project, and an assortment of small journals and magazines. 25,000 first printing.

Arguing that the Harlem Renaissance actually lasted much longer than previously portrayed, the author collects more than fifty pieces written for the WPA Writer's Project capturing the voices of war veterans, Pullman porters, prostitutes, preachers, and the first American to plant a flag on the North Pole. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Arguing that the Harlem Renaissance actually lasted much longer than previously portrayed, the author collects more than fifty pieces written for the WPA Writer's Project capturing the voices of war veterans, Pullman porters, prostitutes, preachers, and the first American to plant a flag on the North Pole. (view table of contents)

A collection of personal accounts presents the experiences of people who have had life-changing near-death experiences, including Kate, a woman with terminal cancer who returned from the brink of death completely healed. Original.

The author recounts her own near-death experience, and explains how it changed her, both in her outlook on life and her increased psychic abilities