Reviews for On the Cultural Achievements of Negroes

The average rating for On the Cultural Achievements of Negroes based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-09 00:00:00 Catherine Farrar An incredibly interesting (and for me, locally relevant) collection of letters written by a white woman to her black lover from the early 1900s - I found it fascinating both how much and how little could be discerned of their relationship from just one side of the letter writing, as well as what could then be gleaned from additional historical research. It makes me wish that more "ordinary life" like this could be preserved from our past and also makes me wonder how, if it were, our perspectives and beliefs about what life was like for different types of people would shift and change in response.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-05 00:00:00 Christopher Gilroy "I do hope we will soon be together never to part until death & then after this wicked life I hope we will be together in heaven where there are no partings. I must be with you or I could not live. Don’t think I am bluffing for once I love it is forever." "You know that a great deal of my happiness depends on you as I know you were always ready to advise me & I think I would never be the same if I had lost your affection. I suppose you will say I am selfish, well perhaps I am."