Give Us Each Day (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Ruth Moore
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1921–1931
- Setting: Wilmington, Delaware; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Patricia Moore, Mary “Leila” Ruth Young, Pauline A. Young, Henry Arthur Callis, Robert J. Nelson (Bobbo), Helene London Ricks, Fay Jackson Robinson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: African Americans, Teaching or teachers, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Politics, Authors or writers, Middle classes, Prejudices or antipathies, Friendship, 1920’s, New England, Women’s issues, Washington, D.C., Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Card games, Delaware, Food, Philadelphia
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., Wilmington, DE
Form and Content
Written between 1921 and 1931, the diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson is one of the first journals by an African American woman to be published in the United States. The core of Dunbar-Nelson’s diary discloses what it meant to be an educated black woman in the middle class in early twentieth century America. The journal recounts the experiences of one privileged African American woman, whose caste and Caucasian features allowed her to enjoy rights and advantages denied to most black people.
Dunbar-Nelson maintained her diary during a period of personal...
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