Guide to the Charlie J. Black autobiography MSS.0167
Black, Charlie J.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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English
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Charlie J. Black autobiography
- Unit ID:
MSS.0167
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.2 Linear feet
- Dates:
undated
- Abstract:
A typescript copy of Black’s autobiography, “After The Fact: 20/20 Hindsight,” which covers Black’s youth in Beatrice, Monroe County, Alabama, his upbringing, education, teaching career, and political life in Washington. Also, some correspondence and newspaper articles by Black.
- creator
Black, Charlie J.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists in part of a typescript copy of Black’s autobiography, “After The Fact: 20/20 Hindsight,” copyrighted 1985-86. It covers Black’s youth in Beatrice, Monroe County, Alabama, his upbringing, education, teaching career, and political life in Washington. It was subsequently published in 1987 by the Washington Provider. The collection also contains several clippings of Black’s column “Upward Mobility,” presumably from the Provider, some correspondence, a resume, and an outline for the autobiography.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Charlie J. Black autobiography, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Charlie J. Black, 1986
Biographical/Historical note
African-American Alabama native, later educator and political activist in the Washington, DC area.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
S.M. Braden, 2009; updated by Andrew Harris, 2012
Source(s)
Black, Charlie J. (local)
African Americans (localbroad)
African Americans--Alabama (lcsh)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Correspondence (aat)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Education (localbroad)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Manuscripts for publication (aat)
Memoir and Biography (Local)
Monroe County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Autobiography Box 3012