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Who wrote the book that is based on the true story of African-American baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Leroy?

I am not sure if it is his autobiography or not, it might be a book called Pitchin Man, I don’t know. Please answer.

Pitchin’ Man: Satchel Paige’s Own Story by Leroy Satchel Paige and Hal Lebovitz

It’s an autobiography; Hal Lebovitz was a sportswriter who did the interviews and put the story on paper, but it’s Satchel Paige telling his life story. I’d consider them co-authors.

Racial/moses Roper/slave Photo Mugs Moses Roper, a slave who escaped and wrote his autobiography ….

W.E.B. Dubois: a Recorded Autobiography Interview $14.77 This is the extraordinary life of W.E.B. DuBois in his own words. The autobiographical account begins at age seventeen as DuBois left Massachusetts to attend Fisk University in 1885, and ends in the 1940s as DuBois describes his struggles with the NAACP. Each experience that DuBois shares is marked by his perception of the racial environment that encompassed it and he portrays how his identity and…

Vol. 2-Autobiography of Frederick Douglass $14.78 Ossie Davis reads excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ autobiography, edited by Dr. Philip Foner, which traces the abolitionist and statesman’s life from early childhood through to his significant political accomplishments. This second volume begins with Douglass’ editorial leadership at the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star (Rochester, New York), describes his activity as station master and cond…

Vol. 1-Autobiography of Frederick Douglass $14.78 Ossie Davis reads excerpts from Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, edited by Dr. Philip Foner, which traces the abolitionist and statesman’s life from early childhood through to his most significant political accomplishments. This first volume establishes the personal and educational foundation on which Douglass built his distinguished career, specifically addressing his birth into slavery, his b…

Solomon Northup’s Odyssey – (aka Half Slave, Half Free) [VHS] $19.95 Based on the autobiography My Twelve Years as a Slave. To be a free man and a man with a trade was a lot for a Black man to be proud in 19th-century America. This is the true story of how Northrup was kidnapped and carried off into slavery for twelve years. Starring Avery Brooks. c)1994, 113 minutes. Not Rated, grades 9-12….

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Carter G. Woodson: The Mis-education of the Negro–A black history classic of African-American literature $8.49 “The Mis-Education of the Negro” is one of the most important black history books or African American literature ever written. Penned by thought leader Carter G. Woodson, “The Mis-Education of the Negro” unveils the weakness of Euro-centric based curriculums that fail to include African American history and culture. This system mis-educates the African American student, failing to prepare them for…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks $16.00 Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. …

30 Pieces of Silver: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller $4.99 In celebration of the Indie Book Blowout…”30 Pieces of Silver” will be priced at just $3.99! Get it before it goes back up to its regular price of $5.99!!!Now onto 30 Pieces of Silver…Did you know James Rollins recommends, 30 Pieces of Silver, the #1 Kindle bestseller in Men’s Adventure, Techno-thriller & War genres!***Warning*** Before you purchase this book please be aware that 30 Pieces o…

African American Journalists $39.99 In this book Calvin L. Hall examines select autobiographies written by African American journalists_Jill Nelson’s Volunteer Slavery, Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler, Jake Lamar’s Bourgeois Blues, and Patricia Raybon’s My First White Friend_in order to explore the relationship between race, class, gender, and journalism practice.

Classic American Autobiographies, by Andrews $6.36 This book is in New – Excellent condition

African american autobiography and the Quest for Freedom $147 Slave narratives were one of the earliest forms of African American writing. These works, autobiographical in nature, later fostered other pieces of African American autobiography. Since the rise of Black Studies in the late 1960s, leading critics have constructed black lives and letters as antitheses of the ways and writings of mainstream American culture. According to such thinking, black writing stems from a set of experiences very different from the world of whites, and black autobiography must therefore differ radically from heroic white American tales. But in pointing to differences between black and white autobiographical works, these critics have overlooked the similarities. This volume argues that the African American autobiography is a continuation of the epic tradition, much as the prose narratives of voyage by white Americans in the nineteenth century likewise represent the evolution of the epic genre. The book makes clear that the writers of black autobiography have shared and shaped American culture, and that their works are very much a part of American literature. An introductory essay provides a theoretical framework for the chapters that follow. It discusses the origins of African American autobiography and the larger themes of the epic tradition that are common to the works of both black and white authors. The book then pairs representative African American autobiographies with similar works by white writers. Thus the volume matches Olaudah Equiano's slave narrative with The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave with Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast, and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl with Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall. The study indicates that these various works all recognize the importance of learning as a means for attaining freedom. The final chapter provides a broad survey of the African American autobiography.