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Day of the Dead
(Encyclopedia) Day of the Dead, Span. Día de los Muertos, annual festival in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, commonly on November 1st and 2d. Its ancient Mesoamerican roots now augmented by…transmigration of souls
(Encyclopedia) transmigration of souls or metempsychosistransmigration of soulsmətĕmˌsəkōˈsĭs [key] [Gr.,=change of soul], a belief common to many cultures, in which the soul passes from one body to…African-American Quotations
From Muhammad Ali to Andrew Young Compiled by Ann Marie Imbornoni Try the African-American Quotations Quiz. I never thought of losing, but now that it's…Black Books
Required reading in African-American literature by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Many of the earliest published Black writers were slaves and abolitionists. Phillis Wheatley spoke no…spiritual
(Encyclopedia) spiritual, a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual,…Selected Essays in Black History<cite>by Harriet Beecher Stowe</cite>
Reconstruction Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe Many years ago, the few readers of radical Abolitionist papers must often have seen the singular name of…Selected Essays in Black History: Of the Training of Black Men
The Freedmen's Bureau The Fruits of Industrial Training Of the Training of Black Men by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois From the shimmering swirl of waters where many, many thoughts ago…requiem
(Encyclopedia) requiemrequiemrĕkˈwēəm, rēˈ–, rāˈ– [key] [Lat.,=rest], proper Mass for the souls of the dead, performed on All Souls' Day and at funerals. The reformation of Roman Catholic liturgy…Fannie Stearns Davis: Souls
SoulsFannie Stearns DavisMy Soul goes clad in gorgeous things, Scarlet and gold and blue; And at her shoulder sudden wings Like long flames flicker through.And she is swallow-fleet, and…Slaves in his Family
In Slaves in the Family, journalist Edward Ball explores the shared history of his South Carolina plantation family, and the people they enslaved. His work was recognized with the 1998…Trending
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