From Slave to Statesman : The Life of Educator, Editor, and Civil Rights Activist Willis M. Carter of Virginia /

In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter's handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slavery in Virginia who, at the onset of freedom, gained an education, became a teacher, started a fam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Heinrich, Robert, 1979- (Autor), Harding, Deborah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Carter, Willis M. > (Willis McGlascoe), > 1852-1902.
Race relations.
Newspaper editors.
Freed persons.
Educators.
Civil rights workers.
African American newspaper editors.
African American educators.
African American civil rights workers.
Educators > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
Newspaper editors > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
African American educators > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
African American newspaper editors > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
Freed persons > Virginia > Staunton > Biography.
Virginia > Staunton.
Virginia.
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Staunton (Va.) > Biography.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • My lot being that of a slave
  • Desired glories
  • Opened school
  • One of the best known citizens of Virginia.

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