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- A Nickel and a Prayer
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: West Virginia University Press
- Series: Regenerations
summary
Virtually unknown outside of her adopted hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential African American social activists of the early-to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography A Nickel and a Prayer, Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that recollects her formative years in post-Civil War South and her activist years in Cleveland. First published in 1940, Hunter’s autobiography recalls a childhood filled with the pleasures and pains of family life on the former plantation where her ancestors had toiled, adventures and achievements in schools for African American children, tests and trials during her brief marriage, and recognition and respect while completing nursing training and law school. When sharing the story of her life as an activist, Hunter describes the immense obstacles she overcame while developing an interracial coalition to support the Phillis Wheatley Association and nurturing its growth from a rented home that provided accommodation for twenty-two women to a nine-story building that featured one hundred and thirty-five rooms.
This new and annotated edition of A Nickel and a Prayer includes the final chapter, “Fireside Musings,” that Hunter added to the second, limited printing of her autobiography and an introduction that lauds her as a multifaceted social activist who not only engaged in racial uplift work, but impacted African American cultural production, increased higher education opportunities for women, and invigorated African American philanthropy. This important text restores Jane Edna Harris Hunter to her rightful place among prominent African American race leaders of the twentieth century.
This new and annotated edition of A Nickel and a Prayer includes the final chapter, “Fireside Musings,” that Hunter added to the second, limited printing of her autobiography and an introduction that lauds her as a multifaceted social activist who not only engaged in racial uplift work, but impacted African American cultural production, increased higher education opportunities for women, and invigorated African American philanthropy. This important text restores Jane Edna Harris Hunter to her rightful place among prominent African American race leaders of the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. xv-xvi
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-24
- A Nickel and a Prayer
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 27-28
- CHAPTER 2. Family Life Ends
- pp. 43-48
- CHAPTER 3. College Days
- pp. 49-53
- CHAPTER 5. A Career
- pp. 59-67
- CHAPTER 6. Early Days in Cleveland
- pp. 68-75
- CHAPTER 7. The Death of My Mother
- pp. 76-79
- CHAPTER 8. A Nickel and a Prayer
- pp. 80-86
- CHAPTER 9. Walk Together, Children
- pp. 87-99
- CHAPTER 10. Our New Home
- pp. 100-103
- CHAPTER 11. “Starlight”
- pp. 104-113
- CHAPTER 12. Types of Girls Given a Chance
- pp. 114-122
- CHAPTER 14. Friends Along the Way
- pp. 133-140
- CHAPTER 15. Harvest of the Years
- pp. 141-144
- CHAPTER 16. Looking Ahead
- pp. 145-154
- CHAPTER 17. “Fireside Musings”
- pp. 155-163
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 247-260
Additional Information
ISBN
9781935978213
Related ISBN(s)
9781933202648, 9781933202655, 9781938228308
MARC Record
OCLC
794700681
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No