African American Autobiography
This series explores American history from the perspective of four extraordinary African Americans. Each session centers on a book selected by Jennifer Griffith, a graduate student at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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The series opens with a discussion of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet Jacobs' riveting narrative of her escape from slavery.
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This session focuses on Treat It Gentle, the memoir of the important early 20th century jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Sydney Bechet.
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A discussion of Coming of Age in Mississippi, Ann Moody's account of her life as a sharecropper's daughter turned Civil Rights activist.
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The final session centers on Makes Me Wanna Holler, journalist Nathan McCall's stirring description of his struggle to reconcile the very different lives he has led.
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