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“My face is black is true but its not my fault but I love my name and my honest dealing with my fellow man.” –Callie House (1899)In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Dr. Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House (1861-1928) who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, headed a demand for ex-slave reparations. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House went on to fight for African American pensions based on those offered to Union soldiers, brilliantly targeting $68 million in taxes on seized rebel cotton and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. Here is the fascinating story of a forgotten civil rights crusader: a woman who emerges as a courageous pioneering activist, a forerunner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.*From the Trade Paperback edition.*Number of Formats : 0Title Length : 024Has Cover : TEMPLATE ERROR Interpreter: Internal error evaluating an expression: 'Metadata object has no attribute named: 'has_cover'' - line number 1Sorted Author by LN, FN: Berry, Mary FrancesSingle Author : Berry, Mary FrancesAll Identifiers : goodreads:8109854, isbn:9780307538710Record ID : TEMPLATE ERRO

Who reads My Face Is Black Is True : Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations?

Author

Berry, Mary Frances

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307538710

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

3.8 / 5 (90 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14