Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this landmark collection features writings from well-known writers and activists such as Pauline Hopkins, Ida B. Wells, and Langston Hughes, along with gems from rediscovered writers. Written by and about African-Americans and containing little-known stories and poems dating from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s, this collection reflects the Christmas experiences of everyday African-Americans and addresses familial and romantic love, faith, and more serious topics such as racism, violence, poverty, and racial identity. This new edition will feature the best stories and poems from previous editions along with new material including “The Sermon in the Cradle” by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Note to Readers
Introduction
The Sermon in the Cradle
W. E. B. Du Bois
A Carol of Color
Mary Jenness
The Christmas Reunion Down at Martinsville
Augustus M. Hodges
The Children’s Christmas
Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar
Christmas Eve Story
Fanny Jackson Coppin
Mollie’s Best Christmas Gift
Mary E. Lee
A Christmas Story
Carrie Jane Thomas
Fannie May’s Christmas
Katherine Davis Tillman
Elsie’s Christmas
Salem Tutt Whitney
General Washington: A Christmas Story
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
The Autobiography of a Dollar Bill
Lelia Plummer
Mirama’s Christmas Test
Timothy Thomas Fortune
A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church
Margaret Black
Three Men and a Woman
Augustus M. Hodges
It Came to Pass: A Christmas Story
Bruce L. Reynolds
A Christmas Journey
Louis Lorenzo Redding
Uncle U.S. Santa Claus
James Conway Jackson
The Devil Spends Christmas Eve in Dixie
Andrew Dobson
One Christmas Eve
Langston Hughes
Santa Claus Is a White Man
John Henrik Clarke
Merry Christmas Eve
Adele Hamlin
White Christmas
Valena Minor Williams
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