1 10 27 https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/ce18db7bf0dd2761073cc599657d687d.jpg 844af68d9d78657d252f7149cc7fe8a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource American Daughter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Era Bell Thompson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1946. Description An account of the resource Journalist Era Bell Thompson, a lasting influence on the Chicago Renaissance, has not been widely recognized for her autobiographical work. In 1947 Thompson was one of the first editors of Ebony magazine, working for the publication until her death in 1986. American Daughter, Thompson’s autobiography written in Chicago, is a meditation on being a black woman in both black urban spaces and the white rural spaces of her childhood in North Dakota. Thompson utilizes the landscape and geography as metaphor for a form of double-consciousness between urban center and the white western frontier of North Dakota. As literary scholar Dr. Joanne M. Braxton writes, Thompson’s autobiography reveals “a growing sense of displacement that is geographic, cultural, and social.” https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/8e00879c99b3161daad8c5ec53c53bf3.jpg bd482d94aca2ac0e355b2110011bda95 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beloved Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Toni Morrison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1987. Description An account of the resource The pages of Beloved are haunted. Operating through “rememory,” an erasure of linear time, and the ghost of protagonist Sethe’s daughter, slavery is ever-present, a specter in the pages. Recent scholarship has recognized the glimpses of science fiction in Beloved as a rare use of Afrofutursistic themes in Toni Morrison’s work. Morrison’s combination of U.S. history and the speculative creates a neo-slave narrative that blurs the lines of reality. This rare galley proof (or draft copy) of Beloved was the final opportunity for Morrison and her editors to alter the text prior to publication. By donating this innately ephemeral edition to DePaul, Arnold and Jane Grisham have insured that textual critics, scholars, and students will have access to this vital stage in the creation of Morrison’s landmark novel. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/ad15143f4f974546b693dc7d0b8bcbd5.jpg a88543472afc8c2182181e4dfa70048c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Misery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Langston Hughes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Paul S. Erickson Inc., 1969. Description An account of the resource Published posthumously, Langston Hughes’s final book of poems Black Misery is categorized as children’s literature. Hughes was approached by publisher Paul Eriksson in 1967 to write Black Misery, a literal blackening of children’s author Suzanne Heller’s Misery trilogy of short poems that humorously addressed the perceived miseries of white middle-class childhood. Eriksson believed that Hughes could create a successful satirical counterpart to Heller’s work, focusing on the miseries of black childhood. Hughes’s poetry exposes the effects of racism on black life and black childhood experiences in particular. Originally slotted for 45 captions, Hughes passed away with only 27 written, resulting in this short, but poignant collection. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/8abf1e1810c7e73bdef88bb81d78913f.jpg 79742181351ed6f6ee6a03354058046e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Blues Dancing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Diane McKinney-Whetstone Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Description An account of the resource A modern blues novel, Blues Dancing captures the emotional aesthetic of the blues. Diane McKinney-Whetstone captures the emotional toll of love and relationships through the life of Verdi Mae. In a narrative that jumps between the 1970s and the 1990s, Verdi Mae is entangled in love, drugs, and the lives of two different men. Reverberating with the lyrical blues themes of desire and dependency, McKinney-Whetstone’s novel shifts the narrative from a traditional working class blues to that of a black middle class blues that Verdi Mae finds herself trapped within. Blues Dancing emphasizes that jazz aesthetics are not simply historical aspects of African American literature, but rather a continuing prose tradition. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/500061e89e7de65f7d8af9a083fa2a1c.jpg 977f0a5d101a207801fc21e1a19c60f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Color Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Countee Cullen Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925. Description An account of the resource No discussion of the Harlem Renaissance is complete without poet Countee Cullen. Writing and publishing at the height of the renaissance, Cullen was a key figure in this literary movement. At the age of twenty-two, Cullen published Color, his very first collection of poetry. Within the context of the 1920s, Cullen’s choice to publish Color through the mainstream publisher Harper & Brothers underscores Cullen’s desire to gain recognition as simply a poet and not with the caveat of being a black poet. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/f676b75d63da2e2e98fa0a0fc6a90c0f.jpg eb6237f8eef5e11ea8f51fee48d31364 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dreams from My Father Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barack Obama Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Times Books, 1995. Description An account of the resource Dreams from My Father recounts the earliest portion of President Barack Obama’s life from his childhood until he entered Harvard Law School. The memoir, praised by many authors and critics for its prose, captures Obama’s voice in his search for self-understanding. Published at the start of his political career prior to running for Illinois Senate, Dreams from My Father is a unique and deeply personal political autobiography. Rather than focusing on Obama’s political philosophy and aspirations, the memoir explores his formative journey to understand his own racial identity inherited from an absent father. This first edition copy of Dreams from My Father was signed in the White House by President Barack Obama for Arnold Grisham. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/a5600897302912d65eb08454352ee329.jpg 9094b3b4223ab92c3ce70892cdb83318 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Going to Meet the Man Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Baldwin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Dial Press, 1965. Description An account of the resource James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues” first appeared in 1957 in Partisan Review, a prominent literary magazine. “Sonny’s Blues” was reprinted in Going to Meet the Man among seven additional short stories by Baldwin. Utilizing a jazz motif, “Sonny’s Blues” is a glimpse into the way that the jazz can appear in literature through thematic representation of the blues. In this short story the themes of alienation and individualism sing the blues across the page. “Sonny’s Blues” also references the blues by naming musicians Charlie Parker and Louie Armstrong and also the 1924 jazz standard "Am I Blue?" https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/68c9a2e6bf675af7df12b3b2abef9839.jpg 0854a628a93db09705005650349f2e1b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Juneteenth Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ralph Ellison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Random House, 1999. Description An account of the resource Best known as the author of the 1952 American classic Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison didn’t see most of his work published during his lifetime. Juneteenth was published as his second novel, following his death in 1994. Originally spanning over 2,000 pages, Ellison’s literary executor John F. Callahan condensed Juneteenth to 368 pages for publication. Although heavily edited, the jazz impulses that appear in Juneteenth also take center stage in Invisible Man, signifying that it was Ellison and not Callahan who crafted a jazz novel. Both novels outline a search for identity that emulates the bebop improvisational soloist in search of individuality within a chorus of community and tradition. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/f359e501640a65090d7aeddecbb56ac9.jpg 9aa3e8906db08c7c06695bcbf92a0dd1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kindred Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Octavia Butler Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. Description An account of the resource Recognized as the first black woman to break into the genre, Octavia Butler forever altered the white, male-centric world of science fiction. Kindred follows Dana Franklin as she is thrown back and forth between 1976 and the nineteenth century amongst her ancestors. Snatched by time, Dana’s journey echoes the experiences of kidnapping during the slave trade. Time travel, a standard convention of the science fiction genre, is redefined by Butler as she weaves a narrative that is neither nostalgic nor scientific, but a painful exploration of this nation’s past. Reimagining science fiction with the inclusion of race and a postmodern slave narrative, Kindred is quintessentially Afrofuturistic. https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/032b52c38077e497249aaf7605e2410e.jpg 3581df525b928ae046f19aed13421f4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Long Walk to Freedom Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nelson Mandela Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Description An account of the resource Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, recounts his life as a young political activist, prisoner, and central figure in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. In his autobiography, Mandela details his twenty-seven year imprisonment and fight against apartheid, while presenting a deeply personal narrative that echoes the larger anti-colonial struggle in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom is Mandela’s personal history, but it is also the story of a nation’s fighting racism and colonialism. Mandela’s release from prison in 1990 foreshadowed the end of apartheid in 1991. Long Walk to Freedom was published only months before Mandela became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.