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Book, 1998
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Book, 1998
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A companion volume to the four-part PBS series chronicles the lives of Africans as slaves in America from the time of the Jamestown settlement through the end of the Civil War, while exploring African-Americans' modern-day struggles with racism. TV tie-in. 125,000 first printing. Tour. A companion volume to the Public Broadcasting Service's four-part series beginning in October 1998. Interspersed between journalist, poet, and playwright Smith's chapters covering from the first European settlement to the beginning of the Civil War, are a dozen short stories by novelist and playwright Johnson. The red title page, chapter headings, illustration borders, and page decoration give the volume a rare and subtle beauty that other trade books could learn from. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) The companion volume to the public television series. This extraordinary examination of slavery in americanca features a four-part history by poet and performance artist Patricia Smith and a dozen fictional narratives by National Book Award-winning novelist Charles Johnson. Two-color with black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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