My face is black is true. Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
(2006)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2006
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 16 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781449894887 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13525133, 1449894887 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13525133
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Sharon Washington
Award-winning Civil Rights advocate Mary Frances Berry sheds new light on the fight for reparations. Callie House, an ex-slave who led the fight, founded the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899. Defying conventions of race, class, and gender, Callie led the organization in an attempt to petition the government for the pension promised them as freedmen. "Callie House and her historic role deserve to be brought out of the shadows, and Berry achieves that superbly."-Publishers Weekly
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