Crossing the Danger Water : Three Hundred Years of African-American Writing

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Summary: This book is a fantastic reference for teachers.
Review: A book that should be owned by all African Americans. It gives you a history of the people from the begining with how African were here before columbus and ending with the LA riots. The material contained in this book alone would allow young African American to understand what their ancestors went through to get them where they are. Any serious African American scholar or educator should share this book with their students. Thanks to a fine African AMerican Rheotric teacher this book has been shared with many young African American students

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Summary: excellent documentation of african american writings
Review: A book that should be owned by all African Americans. It gives you a history of the people from the begining with how African were here before columbus and ending with the LA riots. The material contained in this book alone would allow young African American to understand what their ancestors went through to get them where they are. Any serious African American scholar or educator should share this book with their students. Thanks to a fine African AMerican Rheotric teacher this book has been shared with many young African American students

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Summary: Best I've read on Black History
Review: I used this book while taking a Black History course. Everyone in the course agreed that it was the best book we had read on Black History. This was not just a book on history or literature (like most Black History books are) but a very enlightening combination of both subjects. The first thing that caught our attention was how it touched on those people that were involved in our history that are rarely if ever talked about. Also, some of the literature was from African stories that touched on the history of slavery from Africa. This was important to me, because many people blame slavery totally on whites, without an understanding that Blacks held slaves (in Africa and America also) and captured slaves for White Europeans. The letters written, such as those by the lawyers for Dred Scott, and John Brown gave you an interesting perspective of the struggles and the twisted legalities of the decisions passed down in those cases. Also, the personality differences revealed between some of our early leaders, such as W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington and other contemporaries further demonstrated why our fight for freedom has been such a struggle. This is a very good book and one worth reading and adding to your personal library.

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Summary: Best I've read on Black History
Review: I used this book while taking a Black History course. Everyone in the course agreed that it was the best book we had read on Black History. This was not just a book on history or literature (like most Black History books are) but a very enlightening combination of both subjects. The first thing that caught our attention was how it touched on those people that were involved in our history that are rarely if ever talked about. Also, some of the literature was from African stories that touched on the history of slavery from Africa. This was important to me, because many people blame slavery totally on whites, without an understanding that Blacks held slaves (in Africa and America also) and captured slaves for White Europeans. The letters written, such as those by the lawyers for Dred Scott, and John Brown gave you an interesting perspective of the struggles and the twisted legalities of the decisions passed down in those cases. Also, the personality differences revealed between some of our early leaders, such as W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington and other contemporaries further demonstrated why our fight for freedom has been such a struggle. This is a very good book and one worth reading and adding to your personal library.

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Summary: This book is a fantastic reference for teachers.
Review: This book contains just about everything of importance in black history. It includes an information page about each person's work that is in the book, people like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Alice Walker, Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey to name a few. I use this book extensively when teaching my history classes.