Bearing Witness: Selections from African-American Autobiography in the Twentieth CenturyHenry Louis Gates (Jr.) This collection from the rich literature of African American autobiography documents the experience of being black in America, from slavery to present day, in the words of Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, and forty other contributors. |
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FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS | 11 |
MARITA BONNER | 25 |
ZORA NEALE HURSTON | 33 |
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