What were the impact & roles of older people in Black communities during slavery & emancipation? "Black Elders" by Frederick C. Knight examines them in the contexts of everyday #BlackHistory & #ageing
Adrienne Brown's 2024 book looks at the role of mass homeownership in changing the definition, perception & value of race in America - an #interdisciplinary study spanning real estate archives & literary works
"A Black Philadelphia Reader", edited by Louis J. Parascandola traces texts by famous #BlackWriters as well as lesser-known #BlackVoices of #fiction & #nonfiction & #poetry & prose to draw a portrait of historic #Philadelphia
Here they are in our catalogue - for your convenience to order them by interlibrary loan:
"Black Elders" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1868953211
"Residential is Racial" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1883122457
"Black Philadelphia Reader" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1883836573