Afro-American World Almanac

Afro-American World Almanac

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  • Author: Ross D. Brown
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  • Category : African Americans
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 122


African American Almanac

African American Almanac

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  • Author: Leon T. Ross
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  • Category : African Americans
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 192

Describes political, social, artistic, athletic, religious, and other events concerning African Americans on each calendar day as far back as the 15th century. Also includes a section of significant events not associated with a particular day, presented by year. An appendix identifies inventors and their patents. Well cross-referenced. The bibliography is not entry- specific. c. Book News Inc.


The African American Almanac

The African American Almanac

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  • Category : African Americans
  • Languages : en
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African American Almanac

African American Almanac

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  • Author: Lean'tin Bracks
  • Publisher: Visible Ink Press
  • ISBN: 157859832X
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1313

Courage, resilience and triumph! Celebrating the African American experience, the extraordinary people, and their profound influence on American history! African Americans helped build the United States. Their contributions, deeds, and influence are interwoven into the fabric of the country. Celebrating centuries of achievements, the African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence provides insights on the impact and inspiration of African Americans on U.S. society and culture spanning centuries and presented in a fascinating mix of biographies, historical facts, and enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements. Covering events surrounding African American literature, art and music; the civil rights movement; religion within the black community; advances in science and medicine; and politics, education, business, the military, sports, theater, film, and television, this important reference connects history to the issues currently facing the African American community. The African American Almanac also honors the lives and contributions of 800 influential figures, including ... Stacey Abrams, Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker, Amiri Baraka, Daisy Bates, Reginald Wayne Betts, Simone Biles, Cory Bush, Bisa Butler, George Washington Carver, Ray Charles, Bessie Coleman, Claudette Colvin, Gary Davis, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Michael Eric Dyson, Duke Ellington, Margie Eugene-Richard, Medgar Evers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Roxane Gay, Amanda Gorman, Nicole Hanna-Jones, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ketanji Brown Jackson, LeBron James, Mae C. Jemison, Gayle King, Martin Luther King, Jr., Queen Latifah, Jacob Lawrence, Kevin Liles, Thurgood Marshall, Walter Mosley, Elijah Muhammad, Barack Obama, Gordon Parks, Rosa Parks, Richard Pryor, Condoleezza Rice, Smokey Robinson, Wilma Rudolph, Betty Shabazz, Tavis Smiley, Dasia Taylor, Clarence Thomas, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Ross Tubman, C. Delores Tucker, Usher, Denmark Vesey, Alice Walker, Raphael Warnock, Booker T. Washington, Denzel Washington, Cornell West, Colson Whitehead, Justus Williams, Serena Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Malcolm X, and many more. Completely updated and revised for the first time in over a decade, the African American Almanac looks at the recent challenges—from the Black Lives Movement to Covid-19—and ongoing resilience of our nation, and it shines a light on our momentous and complicated history, the individual accomplishments and contributions of the celebrated and unsung—but no less worthy—people who built our country and who continue to influence American society. Comprehensive and richly illustrated, it thoroughly explores the past, progress, and current conditions of America. This seminal work is the most complete and affordable single-volume reference of African American culture and history available today, and it illustrates and demystifies the emotionally moving, complex, and often lost history of black life in America!


African American Almanac: Society

African American Almanac: Society

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  • Author: Jay P. Pederson
  • Publisher: UXL
  • ISBN: 9780810392410
  • Category : African American arts
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 254

African American Almanac features historical and current information on African American life and culture. Biography profiles hundreds of notable African Americans. Breakthroughs provides fascinating details on hundreds of milestones involving African Americans. Chronology features significant milestones in all aspects of African American history beginning in 1492. Voices contains 35 full or excerpted speeches and other notable spoken words of African Americans.


African American Almanac

African American Almanac

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  • Author: Jay P. Pederson
  • Publisher: UXL
  • ISBN: 9780810392403
  • Category : African American arts
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

African American Almanac features historical and current information on African American life and culture. Biography profiles hundreds of notable African Americans. Breakthroughs provides fascinating details on hundreds of milestones involving African Americans. Chronology features significant milestones in all aspects of African American history beginning in 1492. Voices contains 35 full or excerpted speeches and other notable spoken words of African Americans.


The African American Almanac

The African American Almanac

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  • Author: Christopher Antonio Brooks
  • Publisher: African American Almanac
  • ISBN: 9781414445472
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Provides a range of historical and current information on African American history, society and culture. Includes coverage of such topics as: Africa and the Black diaspora; film and television; landmarks; national organizations; population; religion; science and technology; and sports.


The African-American Almanac

The African-American Almanac

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  • Author: Kenneth Estell
  • Publisher: Gale Cengage
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  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1496

A comprehensive reference work on the historical contributions, accomplishments, and current status of Black Americans in a variety of professional fields from entertainment to politics.


African American Almanac

African American Almanac

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  • Author: Lean'tin L. Bracks
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  • ISBN: 9781784023652
  • Category : African Americans
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

"The most complete and affordable single-volume reference of African American culture available today, this almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating and demystifying the moving, difficult, and often lost history of black life in America. A legacy of pride, struggle, and triumph spanning more than 400 years is presented through a fascinating mix of biographies-including 500 influential figures-little-known or misunderstood historical facts, enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements, and 150 rare photographs and illustrations. Covering events surrounding the civil rights movement; African American literature, art, and music; religion within the black community; and advances in science and medicine, this reference connects history to the issues currently facing the African American community and provides a range of information on society and culture"--


African American Almanac: Culture

African American Almanac: Culture

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  • Author: Jay P. Pederson
  • Publisher: UXL
  • ISBN: 9780810392427
  • Category : African American arts
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 232

African American Almanac features historical and current information on African American life and culture. Biography profiles hundreds of notable African Americans. Breakthroughs provides fascinating details on hundreds of milestones involving African Americans. Chronology features significant milestones in all aspects of African American history beginning in 1492. Voices contains 35 full or excerpted speeches and other notable spoken words of African Americans.