ERIC Number: ED089320
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1971
Pages: 240
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Images: An Anthology of Black Literature.
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bureau of Curriculum Development.
This volume contains literature by or about black people, covering a broad range of topics and capturing the black experience in America, Africa, and the world at large. Contents include: "Through the Mists of Time," which consists of works about Africa and the Caribbean, from which most black Americans came; "Heroes of the Past"; "Stars to Light the Way," which contains pieces on such American heroes as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marian Anderson; "Growing Up"; "The Many Faces of Love"; "Wit and Whimsy"; "Freedom and Bondage," which contains prose and poetry on the struggle for equality; "Protest"; "Reaching Out to Others"; "Life and Death" and "Conviction," which examine the meaning of life and the importance of values; and "Self-Image." (RB)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Literature, Cultural Background, Cultural Images, English Instruction, Secondary Education, United States Literature, World Literature
Board of Education of the City of New York, Publications Sales Office, 110 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 ($3.50, checks payable to auditor, Board of Education)
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bureau of Curriculum Development.
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