Field hollers and freedom songs :: the anthology : featuring the collected works from the Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium /

"Taking place annually in "the most southern place on earth," aka, the "Cotton Kingdom," the Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium offers a platform to honor, celebrate, and recognize the legacy of the African Americans who labored in the cotton fields of t...

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Körperschaften: Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium Itta Bena, Miss., Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium
Weitere Verfasser: Turnipseed, C. Sade (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Series in American history.
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Zusammenfassung:"Taking place annually in "the most southern place on earth," aka, the "Cotton Kingdom," the Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium offers a platform to honor, celebrate, and recognize the legacy of the African Americans who labored in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. The symposium intends to trigger discussions and provide a space where the histories and contributions of those African Americans can be heard and learned from. Born in the antebellum south, the "soul of America" came to be through the tearful occupation of planting, chopping, picking and ginning cotton, where it was then brined within a system of enslavement, sharecropping and international trade that in so many ways provided America its "greatness." Carefully compiled from works presented at the symposium, this anthology looks to expose the tortured "cotton-pickin' spirit" embedded in America's soul. A spirit that is rendered in song, chants, spoken word and field hollers, and revealed in this volume through the selected articles, lyric poetry, proverbs, speeches, slave narratives and workshop proposals. The rich and varied content of this book reflects the uniqueness of not only the Mississippi Delta but also the histories of those who lived and worked there."--
Beschreibung:"This collection of writings is selected from the 6th and 7th edition of the Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium ..."--Preface.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 270 pages) : illustrations, music.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781648895821
1648895824

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