Friday, November 15, 2013

New Bartlett's compiles black quotations

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., addresses the audience during an award ceremony for the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. In a foreword for the newly published "Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations," Gates notes that collections of black quotations date back to the 19th century and that the "field has proliferated with a marvelous array of titles." But, he adds, none of the reference works compares with the scope of Retha Powers' collection."(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) NEW YORK (AP) — For the debut Bartlett's anthology of black quotations, editor Retha Powers wanted to capture the personal, the political and the artistic.








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