The Quest of the Silver Fleece
Автор:
W. E. B. Du BoisЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2026-07-02Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
106
Description
In post-Reconstruction Alabama, amidst the “silver fleece” of the cotton fields, a school for Black children attracts pupils eager to learn (but often unable to pay tuition)—and the hostility of plantation owners intent on maintaining their status and power. Among the pupils are Bles Alwyn, an ambitious and intelligent boy from Georgia, and Zora, an independent and mysterious Black girl from the nearby swamp. The story follows the efforts of Bless and Zora to help others in the working class by providing educational and economic opportunities that trap them in poverty: Bles by working within the political system, and Zora by building a collective that attempts to bypass the system.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece, ...
