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Princess of the Hither Isles: A Black Suffragist's Story from the Jim Crow South Kindle Edition

by Adele Logan Alexander (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
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A compelling reconstruction of the life of a black suffragist, Adella Hunt Logan, blending family lore, historical research, and literary imagination

"Both a definitive rendering of a life and a remarkable study of the interplay of race and gender in an America whose shadows still haunt us today.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

“If you combine the pleasures of a seductive novel, discovering a real American heroine, and learning the multiracial history of this country that wasn't in our textbooks, you will have an idea of the great gift that Adele Logan Alexander has given us.”—Gloria Steinem

Born during the Civil War into a slaveholding family that included black, white, and Cherokee forebears, Adella Hunt Logan dedicated herself to advancing political and educational opportunities for the African American community. She taught at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute but also joined the segregated woman suffrage movement, passing for white in order to fight for the rights of people of color. Her determination—as a wife, mother, scholar, and activist —to challenge the draconian restraints of race and gender generated conflicts that precipitated her tragic demise.

Historian Adele Logan Alexander—Adella Hunt Logan’s granddaughter—portrays Adella, her family, and contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Theodore Roosevelt, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Alexander bridges the chasms that frustrate efforts to document the lives of those who traditionally have been silenced, weaving together family lore, historical research, and literary imagination into a riveting, multigenerational family saga.
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"Johnson skillfully employs a multitude of Southern and Northern accents and inflections for the host of characters who were important in her time, including W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Theodore Roosevelt, and Susan B. Anthony." ---AudioFile

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Adele Logan Alexander taught for many years at George Washington University. She is the author of Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 and Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846­-1926.

Allyson Johnson began her entertainment career in her hometown of Chicago as an Emmy Award-winning child news anchor. A graduate of Brown University, she is a working actress, singer, and audiobook narrator in the New York City metropolitan area.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07XCD787V
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Illustrated edition (September 24, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5024 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 390 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 36 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Erika J taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Great kearning experience
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2021
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This is a fantastic book.It deals with the issues of women's suffarage,Jim Crow,Tuskegee Institute, challenges of being biracial and the trearment received based on the group in which involvement was necessary.A must read- issues and treatment of individuals exsist today.The author writes about her grandmother.
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Turissa
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020
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A great book to read. It allowed the reader a glimpse into the historical prospective of the treatment of African Americans in the United States and their resilience in spite of the atrocities through the eyes of her grandmother.
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Jacque M
5.0 out of 5 stars ADELE LOGAN ALEXANDER is a phenomenal writer!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2020
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ADELE LOGAN ALEXANDER is a great writer and teacher of this important family history!!!
POIGNANT read and profound history!!!
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Carol Binta Nadeem
5.0 out of 5 stars Seeking Adella Hunt Logan
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020
I am in search of Adele Logan Alexander for the past month since I discovered this book. In 2014 I published “Civilized Blacks:Free American Negroes in the 1870’s Whose Lives Paralleled The Life of Booker T Washington.” After my book was finished I found a copy of “Ambiguous Lives” and was surprised how much my heroine was like Adelle Hunt of Sparta Georgia. Now upon reading this work I am amazed how similar many of the scenes are as the ones I had fictionalized. I truly have been asking myself since 1997 what led to the untimely death of Adelle Hunt. I won’t give up until I have made the connection with Adelle Logan Alexander. I am part of the soul of her family and I will not rest until I meet her. in person. How presumptuous, I know but this is magic. I have sent her comp copies of my book to George Washington U and to her New York address with no luck. Please, if you are reading this review Professor Alexander, contact me email: Bintacab@aol.com or via cell 240-463-8967 and kindly leave a message so that I may request your audience. Thank you, Carol Binta
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Laurie
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2022
It’s a history. It’s an adventure. Somehow this woman was everywhere that something was happening during a tumultuous time in history. It was a very engaging book that I didn’t want to end. I highly recommend it. 👍👍
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