A 1945 collection of interviews with formerly enslaved African Americans.
Creators: Ophelia Settle Egypt, J. Masuoka, Charles S. Johnson
Date of Creation: 1945
Place of origin: Nashville, Tennessee
Physical measurements: 8 inches x 11 inches, 322 pages plus 5-page introductory note and table of contents.
Materials: Paper
Process by which it was made: Printing
Current location: Drew University Library, Madison, NJ.
Further Reading
“NAACP History: Carter G. Woodson.” NAACP.org. Online. https://www.naacp.org/naacp-history-carter-g-woodson/.
Smith, John David, “Dubois and Phillips – Symbolic Antagonists of the Progressive Era.” The Centennial Review 24, no. 1 (Winter 1980): 88-102.
Stevenson, Louise L. “The New Woman, Social Science, and the Harlem Renaissance: Ophelia Settle Egypt as Black Professional.” The Journal of Southern History 77, no. 3 (Aug. 2011): 555-594.
[Woodson, Carter G.], “Book Review: American Negro Slavery by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips.” Journal of Negro History 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1919): 102-103. Online.
Yetman, Norman R. “Making the Collection Known.” Under Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938. The Library of Congress. Online. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snintro12.html
Information contributed by Anne M. Ricculli.