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Appearing in 1855, [this book] is the second biography written by Fredrick Douglass (1818-95), a man who was born into slavery in Maryland and who went on to become the most famous antislavery author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and freedom-fighter in U.S. history. An instant bestseller, Douglass's autobiography tells the story of his early life as lived in 'bondage' and of his later life as lived in 'freedom'...
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Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography wends through the corridors in which King held court, posing the right questions and providing a keen measure of the man whose career and mission enthrall scholars and general readers to this day. Updated with a new preface and more than a dozen photographs of King and his contemporaries, this edition presents...
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Richard Allen and the African Church Movement / Albert J. Raboteau -- Nat Turner: the unknown slave as visionary leader / Peter H. Wood -- Harriet Tubman's unlikely leadership / Benjamin Quarles -- Frederick Douglass: humanist as race leader / Waldo E. Martin, Jr. -- Mary Ann Shadd and the search for equality / Jason H. Silverman -- John Mercer Langston: principle and politics / William Cheek, Aimee Lee Cheek -- A last stern struggle: Henry Highland...