Bibliograph

A treasury of African American Christmas stories, compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Type

Label

A treasury of African American Christmas stories, compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A treasury of African American Christmas stories

Oclc number

1020311918

Responsibility statement

compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Summary

"A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century through the Depression era"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The sermon in the cradle (W. E. B. Du Bois) A carol of color (Mary Jenness) The Christmas reunion down at Martinsville (Augustus M. Hodges) The children's Christmas (Alice Moore Dunbar) Christmas Eve story (Fanny Jackson Coppin) Mollie's best Christmas gift (Mary E. Lee) A Christmas story (Carrie Jane Thomas) Fannie May's Christmas (Katherine Davis Tillman) Elsie's Christmas (Salem Tutt Whitney) General Washington: a Christmas story (Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins) The autobiography of a dollar bill (Lelia Plummer) Mirama's Christmas test (Timothy Thomas Fortune) A Christmas party that prevented a split in the church (Margaret Black) Three men and a woman (Augustus M. Hodges) It came to pass: a Christmas story (Bruce L. Reynolds) A Christmas Journey (Louis Lorenzo Redding) Uncle U.S. Santa Claus (James Conway Jackson) The devil spends Christmas Eve in Dixie (Andrew Dobson) One Christmas Eve (Langston Hughes) Santa Claus is a white man (John Henrik Clarke) Merry Christmas Eve (Adele Hamlin) White Christmas (Valena Minor Williams)

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor