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Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition (Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture) by Schomburg Center; Michelle D Commander; Kevin Young; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting black life in America and worldwide. A historic branch of NYPL located in Harlem, the Schomburg holds one of the world's premiere collections of slavery material within the Lapidus Center for Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery. Unsung will place well-known documents by abolitionists alongside lesser-known life stories and overlooked or previously uncelebrated accounts of the everyday lives and activism that were central in the slavery era, but that are mostly excised from today's master accounts. Unsung will also highlight related titles from founder Arturo Schomburg's initial collection: rare histories and first-person narratives about slavery that assisted his generation in understanding the roots of their contemporary social struggles. Unsung will draw
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- Author
- Schomburg Center; Michelle D Commander; Kevin Young; OverDrive, Inc
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780143136088
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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