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Nickel and a Prayer

Autor Jane Edna Hunter Editat de Rhondda Robinson Thomas
en Limba Engleză Hardback – feb 2011
Virtually unknown outside of her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential African American social activists of the early-to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography A Nickel and a Prayer, Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that recollects her formative years in post-Civil War South and her activist years in Cleveland.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781933202655
ISBN-10: 1933202653
Pagini: 290
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Adnotată
Editura: West Virginia University Press

Notă biografică

Jane Edna Harris Hunter (1882-1971) founded the Phillis Wheatley Association (PWA), an organization that offered housing, job training, and recreational activities to thousands of black women and girls who sought better opportunities in the North during the Great Migration. She gained recognition through her work at the PWA, National Association of Colored Women, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ohio Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, and the Republican Party. Rhondda Robinson Thomas is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, where she teaches African American and Early American Literature.

Cuprins

•Foreword
•Acknowledgments
•Introduction
•A Nickel and a Prayer
•Appendix A
  Letters between Jane Edna Hunter, Booker T. Washington, and George A. Myers, 1914 and 1921
•Appendix B
  The PWA Employment Office and Sarah C. Hills Training School
•Appendix C
  Capital Campaign for the new Phillis Wheatley Association, 1926–27
•Appendix D
  Sample of Hunter’s Manuscript for A Nickel and a Prayer
•Appendix E
  Book Reviews of A Nickel and a Prayer
•Appendix F
  Jane Edna Hunter’s Personal Correspondence with Family and Friends
•Appendix G
  Jane Edna Hunter’s Resignation Letter from the PWA
•Notes
•Bibliography
•Index