Collected Black Women's Narratives

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature at Cornell University.

Praise for the series:"What an astonishing gift...this collection is!"--Alice Walker"The collaboration among The Schomburg Center, Oxford University Press, and these exceptional scholars is an extraordinary event...but the collection is a spectacular achievement."--Toni Morrison"[With] The Schomburg Library, I feel as if I were watching a gigantic ebony figure being unearthed. It is a woman writing."--The Washington Post Book World"An important volume, rich in the ways it illustrates for both the student and the scholar how power, resistance, and creativity permeate African American expression."--Russ Castronovo, University of MiamiPraise for the series:"What an astonishing gift...this collection is!"--Alice Walker"The collaboration among The Schomburg Center, Oxford University Press, and these exceptional scholars is an extraordinary event...but the collection is a spectacular achievement."--Toni Morrison"[With] The Schomburg Library, I feel as if I were watching a gigantic ebony figure being unearthed. It is a woman writing."--The Washington Post Book World"An important volume, rich in the ways it illustrates for both the student and the scholar how power, resistance, and creativity permeate African American expression."--Russ Castronovo, University of Miami