Black Emancipators of the Nineteenth Century
Beryl Bailey and Marcella Flake
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STUDENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1. Davis, Ossie,
Escape to Freedom: A play about Young
F
rederick Douglass.
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1978.
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A play about the life of Frederick Douglass.
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2. Feelings, Tom,
Black Pilgrimage
. New York: Lothrop, Leet Shepard Co., 1972.
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A personal account of an American black man who decides to leave the United States and live in Africa.
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3. Fenderson, Lewis H.,
Thurgood Marshall Fighter For Justice
. New York: McGraw Hill Book Co. 1969.
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A story of how a black delivery boy rose to the highest judicial poet in the nation.
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4. Graham, Shirley,
Julius K. Nyerere, Teacher of Afric
a. New York: Julian Messner, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1975.
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A biography of the African nationalist who united Zanzibar and Tanganyika and became the first president Tanzania.
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5. Ortiz, Victoria,
Sojourner Truth, a self made woman.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1974.
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A biography of a northern slave, who after gaining her freedom, became the first black female anti-slavery orator.
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6. Petry, Ann, Harrie Tubman. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1955.
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The story about a strong black woman who led over 300 runaway slaves to freedom.
MATERIALS
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1. “
Emancipation
” (A play included in the unit.)
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2. Black History Rap (included in the unit)
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3. African-American History Contest (included in the unit)
FILMS
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4.
The Life of Frederick Douglass
(available at A.V. Dept. Wexler Elementary School)
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5.
The Two Worlds of Musembe
(available at A.V. Dept. Wexler Elementary School)
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6.
The Underground Railroad
(available at A.V. Dept. Wexler Elementary School)
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7.
Roots
(available at A.V. Dept. Wexler Elementary School)
FIELDTRIPS
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8. Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society New Haven, Ct.
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9. Peabody Museum (Egyptian Exhibit) New Haven, Ct.
BOOKS
(See teacher’s and student’s bibliographies)
