A black Philadelphia reader : African American writings about the city of brotherly love /

The relationship between the City of Brotherly Love and its Black residents has been complicated from the city’s founding through the present day. A Black Philadelphia Reader traces this complex history in the words of Black writers who were native to, lived in, or had significant connections to the...

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Section 1 Early Black Settlement Until the Pre–Civil War Years (Beginnings–1849) --
Introduction --
Cato and Petitioners, “Letter of Cato and Petition by ‘The Negroes Who Obtained Freedom by the Late Act,’ ” The Freeman’s Journal (September 21, 1781) --
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in the Year 1793; And a Refutation of Some Censures Thrown upon Them in Some Late Publications (1794) --
Absalom Jones and Others, Petition of the People of Color and Freemen of Philadelphia—Against the Slave Trade to the Coast of Guinea (1799) --
Alice, from Thomas Isaiah’s Eccentric Biography: Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern (1804) --
John Joyce, Confession of John Joyce, Alias, Davis, Who Was Executed on Monday, the 14th of March, 1808, for the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Cross (1808) --
James Forten, from Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill Before the Senate of Pennsylvania (1813) --
James Forten and Russell Parrott, To the Humane and Benevolent Inhabitants of the City and County of Philadelphia, Address Delivered August 10, 1817 (1817) --
William Whipper, from An Address Delivered in Wesley Church on the Evening of June 12, Before the Colored Reading Society of Philadelphia, for Mental Improvement (1828) --
Richard Allen, from The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. To Which Is Annexed the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord 1793: With an Address to the People of Colour in the United States (1833) --
Robert Purvis, from Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens, Threatened with Disfranchisement, to the People of Pennsylvania (1838) --
Joseph Willson, from Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society in Philadelphia (1841) --
Section 2 The Pre–Civil War Years Through World War II (1850–1949) --
Frank J. Webb, from The Garies and Their Friends (1857) --
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “An Appeal for the Philadelphia Rescuers,” Weekly Anglo-African (June 23, 1860) --
Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself (1861) --
Emilie Davis, from Diaries (1863–65) --
Octavius Catto, Our Alma Mater: An Address Delivered at Concert Hall on the Occasion of the Twelfth Annual Commencement of the Institute for Colored Youth, May 10th, 1864 (1864) --
William Still, from A Brief Narrative of the Struggle for the Rights of the Colored People of Philadelphia in the City Railway Cars (1867) --
William Still, from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, & c. (1872) --
Fanny Jackson Coppin, “Christmas Eve Story,” The Christian Recorder (December 1880) --
W. E. B. Du Bois, from The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899) --
Alain Locke, “Hail Philadelphia,” Black Opals (1927) --
Jessie Fauset, from Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral (1929) --
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, “By Paths in the Quaker City” (Unpublished, 1932?) --
Section 3 Decline, Racial Turmoil, and the Development of the Post-Industrial City (1950–1999) --
William Gardner Smith, from South Street (1954) --
Fran Ross, from Oreo (1974) --
David Bradley, from South Street (1975) --
Joseph Beam, from “Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart” (1986) --
Sonia Sanchez, “elegy (for MOVE and Philadelphia)” (1987) --
Becky Birtha, “Route 23: 10th and Bigler to Bethlehem Pike” (1987) --
Bebe Moore Campbell, from Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad (1989) --
John Edgar Wideman, from Philadelphia Fire (1990) --
Elaine Brown, from A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story (1992) --
Alexs D. Pate, from Losing Absalom (1994) --
Lorene Cary, from The Price of a Child (1995) --
Toni Cade Bambara, from “Deep Sight and Rescue Missions” (1996) --
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, from Tumbling (1996) --
John Edgar Wideman, from The Cattle Killing (1996) --
David Bradley, “The Station” (Previously unpublished, 1997) --
Section 4 Philadelphia in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond (2000 to the Present) --
Major Jackson, from Leaving Saturn (2002) --
Mumia Abu-Jamal, “A Panther Walks in Philly” (2004) --
Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010) --
Gregory Pardlo, “Philadelphia, Negro” (2012) --
Ayana Mathis, from The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (2012) --
Ross Gay, “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” (2013) --
Yolanda Wisher, “5 South 43rd Street, Floor 2” (2014) --
Mat Johnson, from Loving Day (2015) --
Warren Longmire, “Brotherly Love” (2015) --
Yvonne (Chism-Peace), “4951 Walnut Street” (2019) and from Rosetta on the Bus, “Momma House” (2019) --
Charles D. Ellison, “Philadelphia, Where Blackness Transcends,” The Root (February 14, 2019) --
Appendix A: Alternate Table of Contents by Genre --
Appendix B: Alternate Table of Contents by Theme --
Appendix C: Alternate Table of Contents by Geography.
1. Verfasser:
Parascandola, Louis J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
The relationship between the City of Brotherly Love and its Black residents has been complicated from the city’s founding through the present day. A Black Philadelphia Reader traces this complex history in the words of Black writers who were native to, lived in, or had significant connections to the city. Featuring the works of famous authors—including W. E. B. Du Bois, Harriet Jacobs, Sonia Sanchez and John Edgar Wideman—alongside lesser-known voices, this reader is an immersive and enriching composite portrait of the Black experience in Philadelphia. Through fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, readers witness episodes of racial prejudice and gender inequality in areas like public health, housing, education, policing, criminal justice, and public transportation. And yet amid these myriad challenges, the writers convey an enduring faith, a love of family and community, and a hope that Philadelphia will fulfill its promises to its Black citizens.Thoughtfully introduced and accompanied by notes that contextualize the works and aid readers’ comprehension, this book will appeal to a wide audience of Philadelphians and other readers interested in American, African American, and urban studies.
Umfang:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Text in English.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780271098265
0271098260
Schlagworte:
American literature.
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