Bibliograph

Black Samson, the untold story of an American icon, Nyasha Junior, Jeremy Schipper

Type

Label

Black Samson, the untold story of an American icon, Nyasha Junior, Jeremy Schipper

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black Samson

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1163776199

Responsibility statement

Nyasha Junior, Jeremy Schipper

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

the untold story of an American icon

Summary

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King, Jr. were identified with Moses, African Americans linked those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper investigate legal documents, narratives by enslaved persons, speeches, sermons, periodicals, poetry, fiction, and visual arts to tell the unlikely story of how a flawed biblical hero became an iconic figure in America's racial history. Along the way, Schipper and Junior engage the work of African American luminaries, including Fredrick Douglass, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, and many others. From stories of slave rebellions to the Black Power movement, invoking the biblical character of Samson became a powerful way for African Americans to voice strategies and opinions about many race-related issues.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Contributor