Elizabeth Dowling Taylor: 3 books
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era—embodied...
A Slave in the White House
Paul Jennings and the Madisons
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former...
Performing New Lives
Prison Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Performing New Lives draws together some of the most original and innovative programs in contemporary prison theatre. Leading prison theatre directors and practitioners discuss the prison theatre experience first-hand, and offer valuable insights into its role, function, and implementation.
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