How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Relying on social science; documentary film; dance; popular literature; museums; memoir; and the tourism trade; Holloway explores the stories black Americans have told about their past and why these stories are vital to understanding a modern black identity. In the process; Holloway asks much larger questions about the value of history and facts when memories do violence to both.Making discoveries about his own past while researching this book; Holloway weaves first-person and family memories into the traditional third-person historian's perspective. The result is a highly readable; rich; and deeply personal narrative that will be familiar to some; shocking to others; and thought-provoking to everyone.
#98166 in Books Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff 2015-09-01 2015-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.04 x 1.26 x 8.40l; .0 #File Name: 1465442480512 pagesTimelines of History
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Stunning BookBy LinWow! What a book! As described; detailed and beautiful...a book that will be used for a lifetime. I'm certain that it will be appreciated by our grandson. Highest recommendations.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. good; interesting book; lot of picturesBy genewould have preferred more about the people an how they evolved...a lot of material I wanted was just not there...but; a good overview was ...I was move into man evolution than the history bit of the countries....otherwise; a good general education novel...0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Gaspare di CampobelloGod presentation in chronicle order; but does lack some meaningful dialogue.
