WITNESS TO CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY:
THE ESSAYS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY W. POWELL
Compiled and edited by: Patrick Louis Cooney, Ph. D.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 2. THE BACKGROUND: HISTORY, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR
Ten Miles of Negroes
Wounds from Slavery Still Fester Today
The Gift of Slaves
Family Separations
From the Past
Give Me Liberty, Etc.
Reflections
Black Men in Gray Uniforms: A Discussion of the Role of Blacks in the Confederate Service
Black People and the Holocaust Memorial
Apathy Hurts Efforts to Recognize Heroes
CHAPTER 5. DARK DAYS FOR VIRGINIA SEMINARY
CHAPTER 6. MY BROTHER AND I AT VIRGINIA SEMINARY AND VIRGINIA UNION
CHAPTER 7. MORE TROUBLES FOR DR. W. H. R. POWELL
CHAPTER 9. REMEMBERING VERNON JOHNS
CHAPTER 10. CLOSING THE SCHOOLS IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
CHAPTER 11. SEARCHING FOR A FAMILY HOME: CHARLOTTESVILLE, PHILADELPHIA, AND LYNCHBURG
Interesting Facts about Black Lynchburg History
Rediscovering Lynchburg's Early Quakers
The Rev. Allen Years at Virginia Seminary
The Civil Rights Struggle in Lynchburg
Who Will Tell the Children
CHAPTER 12. TEACHING IN LYNCHBURG
A Sad Tale
On the Importance of Education
CHAPTER 13. SUMMERS ON NANTUCKET
CHAPTER 14. MORE REFLECTIONS ON RACE
About Passing
About Thomas Jefferson
Buffalo Soldiers
Black Business
Rights and Responsibilities
Music Again and Always
About My Brother
What Goes Around ... Comes Around
The Future of Virginia Seminary
Liberty University
On Writing
Thinking Out Loud : Tenth Anniversary
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