Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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-- Century of the best Black American short storiesBy Clarke, John Henrik, 1915- Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lynching of Jube Benson Du Bois, W. E. B. On being crazy Chesnutt, Charles Waddell. Goophered grapevine Fisher, Rudolph. City of refuge Davis, John P. Overcoat McKay, Claude. Truant Bontemps, Ama. Summer tragedy Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits Wright, Richard. Bright and morning star Clarke, John Henrik. Boy who painted Ch1993., Hill and Wang Call No: Literature FIC CLARKE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of short stories by Black Americans.
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By Major, Clarence Chesnutt, Charles. Goophered grapevine Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Ingrate Fauset, Jessie. Mary Elizabeth Toomer, Jean. Esther Bonner, Marita. Hands: a story Larsen, Nella. Sanctuary McKay, Claude. Truant Bontemps, Ama. Summer tragedy Fisher, Rudolph. Miss Cynthie Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits Himes, Chester. Headwaiter Wright, Richard. Bright and morning1993., HarperPerennial Call No: Literature FIC MAJOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Charles Wright, and more than fifty other important black authors record the experiences of African Americans from the Reconstruction to the present and demonstrate the evolution of the American short story form.
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1983., Vintage Books a division of Random House, Inc. Call No: Mystery FIC GAINES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The murder of a white Cajun farmer named Boutan unleashes a fury of buried hatred and defiance, as Sheriff Mapes tries to indentify the killer and prevent revenge at the hands of a black man.
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1984, c1983., Vintage Books Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st Vintage Books e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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1994., Vintage Books Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st Vintage contemp Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
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1994, c1993., Vintage Contemporaries Call No: Class Set FIC GAI Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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1993., Vintage Contemporaries / Vintage Books Call No: Literature FIC GAINES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting and defying the expected.
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1994., Vintage Books : a division of Random House Call No: HISTORICAL F GAI Edition: 1st Vintage Contemp Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)
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1994, c1993., Vintage Books Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st Vintage contemp Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
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c1999., General, HBO Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.
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1994, c1993., Vintage Books Call No: Historical FIC Gaines Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Vintage contemporaries.Summary Note: Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
