THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Black Reconstruction in America W. E. B. Du Bois ◆ History Black Reconstruction in America W. E. B. Du Bois Du Bois centers Black workers and political participation in an account of Reconstruction and its overthrow.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Conjure Women Afia Atakora ◆ Fiction Conjure Women Afia Atakora A mother and daughter practice healing in a community struggling through the transition from slavery to freedom.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION From Slavery to Freedom John Hope Franklin ◆ History From Slavery to Freedom John Hope Franklin A broad historical survey provides context for the institutions and struggles behind local stories.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Schooling the Freed People Ronald E. Butchart ◆ History Schooling the Freed People Ronald E. Butchart A history of the teachers and institutions that helped build schools in the first decades after emancipation.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Self-Taught Heather Andrea Williams ◆ History Self-Taught Heather Andrea Williams The book follows Black people’s pursuit of reading and schooling before, during, and after the Civil War.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION The Negro in the Making of America Benjamin Quarles ◆ History The Negro in the Making of America Benjamin Quarles Quarles traces African American participation in the making of American political and social institutions.
