Four centuries of noteworthy accomplishments are presented through a fascinating mix of biographies, including more than 750 influential figures.
Categories Covered: Africans in America - Civil Rights - Politics - Education - Religion - Literature - Business Entrepreneurs - Media - Performing and Visual/Applied Arts - Music - Science - Technology - Inventors - Explorers - Sports - Military - Bibliography - Index
Contains an exceptional listing of the accomplishments of black Americans in the arts, business, education, the military, medicine and science, and sports.
Categories Covered: Arts and Entertainment - Business - Civil Rights and Protest - Education - Government, County and State - Government: Federal - Government: International - Government: Local - Journalism - Military - Miscellaneous - Organizations - Religion - Science and Medicine - Sports - Writers - Sources
An eclectic mix of profiles for 150 well-known 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 - Alvin Ailey - Muhammad Ali - Marian Anderson - Maya Angelou - Arthur Ashe - Josephine Baker - Ernie Banks - Count Basie - Romare Bearden - Harry Belafonte - Lerone Bennett Jr. - Mary Berry - Mary McLeod Bethune - Julian Bond - Arna Bontemps - Edward W. Brooke - Gwendolyn Brooks - Dozens more ...
Details the important people, places and events of the black struggle for freedom - from the early 1600's right up to 2014.
Civil Rights Categories: Arts and Entertainment - Civil Rights - Education - Journalism - Law and Government - Organizations - Political Activists - Religion - Sports - Bibliography - Index.