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Black Legacy: A History of New York's African American

William Loren Katz

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Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America

Andrea Pinkney - Disney-Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
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The Black Experience: In the Caribbean and the USA (Biographical History)

Bob Rees

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A Black Women's History of the United States

Berry, Daina Ramey - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American...
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History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots

Thomas J Davis - Greenwood Pub Group
Format: Book

This rich cultural history of African Americans outlines their travails, triumphs, and achievements in negotiating individual and collective identities to overcome racism, slavery, and the legacies of these injustices from colonial times to the present.* Reveals the extent of anti-black...
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not.'" Rogers's little book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment and pride, steeped...
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The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including...
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A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America

Jacqueline Jones - Basic Books
Format: Book

In 1656, a Maryland planter tortured and killed an enslaved man named Antonio, an Angolan who refused to work in the fields. Three hundred years later, Simon P. Owens battled soul-deadening technologies as well as the fiction of “race” that divided him from his co-workers in a Detroit...
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African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories

Kai Wright - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Paperback

This wide-ranging archive, capturing more than four centuries of African American history and culture in one essential volume, is at once poignant, painful, celebratory, and inspiring.The African American Experience is a one-of-a-kind and absolutely riveting collection of more than 300 letters,...
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The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History 400 Years of Achievement

The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History - Visible Ink Press
Format: Hardcover

Title: The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History - 400 Years of Achievement
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Complete Encyclopedia of African History - Vol 3 Heroes and Heroines

Jessie Carney Smith - African American Publications
Format: Print book

Volume 3: Heroes and Heroines An eclectic mix of profiles of 150 well know and lesser known individuals, who have made a lasting and profound impact on our culture. Personalities Covered: Hank Aaron; Robert S. Abbott; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Muhammad Ali; Maya Angelou; Arthur Ashe; Josephine...
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THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISATORY

CIVIL RIGHTS FEATS AND FACTS - THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISATORY Hardcover – 2013
Format: Print book

The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History-CIVIL RIGHTS
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