Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon

by Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature. Along the way, Schipper and Junior introduce readers to a cast of historical characters -- many of whom became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190689781
• ISBN13: 9780190689780
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"