Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage

by Dianne D. Glave

Crossing the ocean on a slave ship, working the land under threat of violence, eluding racists in nighttime chases through moonless fields and woodlands, stumbling across a murder victim hanging from a tree--these are images associated with the African American experience of nature. Over the decades, many African Americans have come to accept that natural areas are dangerous. Unfamiliar with the culture's rich environmental heritage, people overlook...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556527667
• ISBN13: 9781556527661
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"