In Our Own Image: Treasured African-American Traditions, Journeys, and Icons
- ISBN-10
- 0762410752
- ISBN-13
- 9780762410750
- Series
- In Our Own Image
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Running PressBook Pub
- Authors
- Karen Pugh, Patrick H. Bass
Description
A unique scrapbook provides a visual celebration of black social and cultural history, from World War II to the present, by recreating African-American traditions and family life with simple, poignant stories of family reunions, worship, weddings, funerals, barbecues, and other events, accompanied by photographs, programs, movie posters, and ticket stubs.
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- 2018-01-21
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 2017-04-11
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- Pegasus Books
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- 2016-03-15
- 384 pages
- Ebook
- Simon and Schuster
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- 2015-03-05
- 384 pages
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- Random House
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