Bibliograph

A treasury of African American Christmas stories, compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Type

Label

A treasury of African American Christmas stories, compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A treasury of African American Christmas stories

Oclc number

1020311918

Responsibility statement

compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Summary

"A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century through the Depression era"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The sermon in the cradle (W. E. B. Du Bois) -- A carol of color (Mary Jenness) -- The Christmas reunion down at Martinsville (Augustus M. Hodges) -- The children's Christmas (Alice Moore Dunbar) -- Christmas Eve story (Fanny Jackson Coppin) -- Mollie's best Christmas gift (Mary E. Lee) -- A Christmas story (Carrie Jane Thomas) -- Fannie May's Christmas (Katherine Davis Tillman) -- Elsie's Christmas (Salem Tutt Whitney) -- General Washington: a Christmas story (Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins) -- The autobiography of a dollar bill (Lelia Plummer) -- Mirama's Christmas test (Timothy Thomas Fortune) -- A Christmas party that prevented a split in the church (Margaret Black) -- Three men and a woman (Augustus M. Hodges) -- It came to pass: a Christmas story (Bruce L. Reynolds) -- A Christmas Journey (Louis Lorenzo Redding) -- Uncle U.S. Santa Claus (James Conway Jackson) -- The devil spends Christmas Eve in Dixie (Andrew Dobson) -- One Christmas Eve (Langston Hughes) -- Santa Claus is a white man (John Henrik Clarke) -- Merry Christmas Eve (Adele Hamlin) -- White Christmas (Valena Minor Williams)

Target audience

adult

Classification