In African American culture the preacher has traditionally held many roles: minister of faith, orator, politician, idealist, and most importantly, leader. But the preacher was also traditionally male,
"This book draws connections between Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher and works of classic American literature. From Chapter I exploring the horrors of the Civil War as conveyed in Mosher's Walking
In Bebe Moore Campbell’s Brothers and Sisters, Humphrey Boone is offered a seemingly wonderful deal by his job interviewer: “If you accept my offer and do the job that I believe you’re capable of, I’l
Oliver Lewis was champion jockey of the Kentucky Derby in 1875 with a winning race time of two minutes and 37 seconds. Jockey Willie Simms won in 1896, bringing his horse in at two minutes and seven s
To some historians and lay observers it appears that "urban renewal" as practiced in the middle of the twentieth century was often synonymous with "cultural destruction." In this compilation of oral h
This book is a compilation of selected stories, essays and reminiscences that Dorothy West wrote for the Vineyard Gazette from the 1960s to the early 1990s. She writes of being a teenaged prize-winni
