Kentucky Slave Narratives

Kentucky Slave NarrativesThe view that slavery could best be described by those who had themselves experienced it personally has found expression in several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one third are the result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving ex slaves

no one has told the full story of his involvement in Watergate

rice and maple trees

Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American “rambling’ man

and full of fascinating details about daily life in a distant land

Endearing Flora in swimsuit

and photographs from the Library's magnificent archives

You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood

and the back sides are a white matte finish

Tea Cup – 3

Picturing Resistance highlights the important American social justice movements of the last seven decades

he didn't know that he would be participating in one of the greatest fights of the century: the battle for women's right to vote

the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark