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Acclaimed historian Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House who

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Within the Circle: An Anthology of African American Literary Criticism from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present Binding Type:Paperback leaves Davina flusteredWithin the Circle is the first anthology to present the entire spectrum of twentieth century African American literary and cultural criticism. It begins with the Harlem Renaissance, continues through civil rights, the Black Arts Movement, and on into contemporary debates of poststructuralist and black feminist theory. Drawing on a quote from Frederick Douglass for the title of this book, Angelyn Mitchell explains in her introduction the importance for