From Whence Cometh My Help : The African American Community at Hollins College. [Meet Julius Caesar of Hollis College: The Most Widely Known Colored Man in Virginia; I Saw Lee Surrender; Voice of Mary Emma Brown, Historian & Philosopher; etc]

Smith, Ethel Morgan, 1952- [design, Stephanie Foley, Vickey Kersey DuBois ; photos, Bob Beverly, Zachery Hunt, Opal Moore, Mary Emma Bruce; quotes, Esther Vasser, Margaret Walker, Tillie Olsen, Colleen J McElroy]

ISBN 10: 0826212603 / ISBN 13: 9780826212603

Edité par Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2000., 2000

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[1st edition, 1st printing] ; xiii, 147 pp. : illustrated with black & white photographs ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0826212603 (alk. paper) LCCN: 99-47290 ; OCLC: 42435037 ; LC: F234.H65; Dewey: 975.5/792 ; green boards in photographic dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation card laid in from author, dated 2000 ; "In 1842 Charles Lewis Cocke arrived in Roanoke, Virginia, with sixteen slaves; there, he founded Hollis College, an elite women's school. Many of the early students also brought their slaves to the college with them. Upon Emancipation some of the African Americans of the community--mostly women--stayed on as servants, forming what is now called the Hollins Community. Although the servants played an integral part in the college's success, students were strongly discouraged from acknowledging them as people. Rules forbidding any 'familiarity' with the servants perpetuated a prejudicial attitude toward the African American community that would persist well into the 1940s. Determined to give voice to the African American community that served as the silent workforce for Hollins College, Ethel Morgan Smith [herself a graduate of Hollis College] succeeded in finding individuals to step forward and tell their stories."--jacket ; VG/VG.

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• Titre: From Whence Cometh My Help : The African American Community at Hollins College. [Meet Julius Caesar of Hollis College: The Most Widely Known Colored Man in Virginia; I Saw Lee Surrender; Voice of Mary Emma Brown, Historian & Philosopher; etc]
• Éditeur: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2000.
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0826212603
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780826212603
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Catalog 67 - Black History

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Synopsis

Determined to give voice to a generations-old African American community that served as the silent workforce of Hollins College, Virginia, Ethel Morgan Smith found individuals who told the story of their people. This work examines the dynamics of a town built on the foundations of slavery.

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In 1842 Charles Lewis Cocke arrived in Roanoke, Virginia, with sixteen slaves; there, he founded Hollins College, an elite women’s school. Many of the early students also brought their slaves to the College with them. Upon Emancipation some of the African Americans of the Community, mostly women, stayed on as servants, forming what is now called the Hollins Community. Although the servants played an integral part in the College’s success, students were strongly discouraged from acknowledging them as people. Rules forbidding any “familiarity” with the servants perpetuated a prejudicial attitude toward the African American Community that would persist well into the 1940s. Determined to give voice to the African American Community that served as the silent workforce for Hollins. Ethel Morgan Smith succeeded in finding individuals to step forward and tell their stories. From Whence Cometh My Help examines the dynamics of an institution built on the foundation of slavery and steeped in tradition that it managed to perpetuate servitude for generations. Interviewing senior community members, Smith gives recognition to the invisible population that provided and has continued to provide the labor support for Hollins College for more than 150 years. Although African American students have been admitted to the College for roughly thirty years, to date only one person from the Hollins Community has graduated from the College. From Whence Cometh My Help explores the subtle and complex relationship between the affluent white world of Hollins College and the proud African American Community that has served it since its inception. Interweaving personal observations, historical documents, and poetry throughout a revealing oral history, Smith shares her fascinating discoveries and the challenges involved in telling a story silenced for too long.