| Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families Contributor(s): Simms, Muriel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870208853 ISBN-13: 9780870208850 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | African American - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Literary Collections | Interviews |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018017487 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.88 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Locality - Madison, Wisconsin - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Only a fraction of what is known about Madison's earliest African American settlers and the vibrant and cohesive communities they formed has been preserved in traditional sources. The rest is contained in the hearts and minds of their descendants. Seeing a pressing need to preserve these experiences, lifelong Madison resident Muriel Simms collected the stories of twenty-five African Americans whose families arrived, survived, and thrived here in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While some struggled to find work, housing, and acceptance, they describe a supportive and enterprising community that formed churches, businesses, and social clubs--and frequently came together in the face of adversity and conflict. A brief history of African American settlement in Madison begins the book to set the stage for the oral histories. |