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Author: Molefi Kete Asante Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 161592423X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 345
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Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual''s significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and the demonstration of risk for the collective good; unusual will and determination in the face of the greatest danger or against the most stubborn odds; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people. In adopting these criteria Professor Asante has sought to steer away from the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates the most popular, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of celebrity. The individuals in this book - examples of lasting greatness as opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity fame - come from four centuries of African American history. Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant dates, an assessment of the individual''s place in African American history with particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her unique impact on American society. Numerous pictures and illustrations will accompany the articles. This superb reference work will complement any library and be of special interest to students and scholars of American and African American history.
Author: Molefi Kete Asante Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 161592423X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 345
Book Description
Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual''s significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and the demonstration of risk for the collective good; unusual will and determination in the face of the greatest danger or against the most stubborn odds; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people. In adopting these criteria Professor Asante has sought to steer away from the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates the most popular, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of celebrity. The individuals in this book - examples of lasting greatness as opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity fame - come from four centuries of African American history. Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant dates, an assessment of the individual''s place in African American history with particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her unique impact on American society. Numerous pictures and illustrations will accompany the articles. This superb reference work will complement any library and be of special interest to students and scholars of American and African American history.
Author: Agatha Edwards Publisher: ISBN: 9780692995167 Category : Languages : en Pages : 142
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Many have sacrificed to make the United States great. However, African Americans and Native Americans have faced hardships unlike any other people. The history of slavery is webbed into America's past. Its vicious inhumanity has created obstacles to success nearly impossible to overcome. Yet many have overcome the enduring effects of slavery with great impact on America and the world.This volume details the lives of 100 of the most important African Americans. Included are activists, public servants, soldiers, lawyers, writers, painters, athletes and many more. Here are the biographies of Barbara Jordan and Michael Jordan, Jim Brown and William Wells Brown, Angelou, Ashe, Baldwin, Bunche and many more important contributors to the American experience.This is an essential and concise compilation of African Americans of whom every schoolchild, as well as their teachers and parents, should be aware.Young writer Agatha Edwards has fashioned an indispensable and fresh collection that details these important lives and she has done it in the most enjoyable manner possible. This is a treasure of American knowledge.Get to know these heroes. Get to know those Americans of African descent who are an indispensable part of history. These are the dreamers and doers. These are the activists and athletes. These are the change agents who have affected your world.This is the second in the series, The 100 Most Important . . .
Author: J. A. Rogers Publisher: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819575496 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 74
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White supremacy-busting facts that ran in the black publication the Pittsburgh Courier, written by the renowned African American author and journalist. First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers’ columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley’s popular Believe It or Not the multiple vignettes in each episode recount short items from Rogers’s research. The feature began in the Pittsburgh Courier in November 1934 and ran through the 1960s. “I have been intrigued by this book, and by its author, since I first encountered it as a student in an undergraduate survey course in African-American history at Yale . . . Sometimes, [Rogers] was astonishingly accurate; at other times, he seems to have been tripping a bit, shall we say.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Root “Rogers made great contribution to publishing and distributing little know African history facts through books and pamphlets such as 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof and The Five Negro Presidents . . . The common thread in Roger’s research was his unending aim to counter white supremacist propaganda that prevailed in segregated communities across the United States against people of African descent.” —Black History Heroes
Author: Allison Keyes Publisher: West Side Publishing ISBN: 9781412795869 Category : African Americans Languages : en Pages : 152
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This book is educational, enlightening, serious, and lively. It showcases how African American history is an integral part of American history and how people in this book have shaped the world. Over 100 profiles of great African Americans are included, and each biography discusses their accomplishments, contributions, and importance. This book has been updated to include even more noteworthy African American's, including President Barack Obama, pilot Bessie Coleman, jazz genius Miles Davis and more.
Author: Alison Mundy Schwartz Publisher: ISBN: 9780756762643 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 111
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Over the past 100 years, African-Americans have contributed in every walk of American life: Civil Rights, Science, the Military, Art, Literature, Sports, Entertainment, and so much more. This volume, with entries on over 300 men and women, and over 70 accompanying photographs, celebrates the known and the unknown heroes of African-American history -- men and women whose determination, talent, commitment changed so much for so many. Arranged in A to Z format, this comprehensive book includes the well-known and the unknown, the criteria for inclusion being that over the past 100 years, in so many ways, they made a difference.
Author: Ambassador Elliston Rahming Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing ISBN: 1457551519 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 266
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From an article entitled “History’s Black Hole” from the January 10, 2016 global edition of the New York Daily News, Arthur Browne opines, “Across every field of endeavor, from the ministry to medicine and from education to entrepreneurship, book merchants balk at memorializing black experience and accomplishments.” Essentially, this book is a celebration of black accomplishments—over centuries and across continents—and seeks to fill a portion of that “black hole.” Of the roughly 7 billion people who inhabit this planet, some 1.5 billion are classified as white, and blacks account for 1.1 billion. The remaining over 4 billion are somewhere in the middle. Yet, throughout the years, a paucity of written materials have recorded the positive influences and myriad contributions that the great number of black citizens have made toward global peace, progress, prosperity, and pleasure.
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
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Author: Agatha Edwards
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Author: Allison Keyes
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Author: Henry Epps
Author: Ambassador Elliston Rahming