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The African American national biography
By Gates, Henry Louis & Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks
- ISBN
- 978-0-19516-019-2
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
Gr 8-Up Laying another cornerstone for studies of African-American history and culture, the prolific author fronts a host of scholarly contributors to present detailed profiles of more than 4000 people, past and present. Along with all of the canonical figures from Esteban to Frederick Douglass, readers are introduced to an array of Bakers ranging from Josephine and Frankie to renowned librarian Augusta; ex-slave Charlie Aarons; midwives Margaret Charles Smith and Onnie Lee Logan; Oprah Winfrey; and numerous other businesspeople, scientists, politicians, performers, athletes, laborers, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
