Strong Men Keep Coming
Strong Men Keep Coming
The Book of African American Men
Bolden, Tony A.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
03/1999
308
Dura
Inglês
9780471252023
0471252026
634
This eclectic and creative mix of biographical profiles traces the epic experience of black men in America from the Jamestown landing to the dawn of the 21st century. These profiles serve an audience of readers hungry for information about important, but often forgotten, figures in history.
Partial table of contents: FOREFATHERS. Broteer: "Colonial John Henry." Tom Molineaux: Boxer. Abraham Camp: Would-be Emigrationist. Ira Aldridge: Actor. David Walker: Abolitionist. Josiah Henson: The Uncle Tom Who Ran To Freedom. James McCune Smith: Physician. Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man. James Boon: Contractor. George Moses Horton: Poet. Robert Smalls: Union Navy Hero. George Washington: Town Founder. Frederick Douglass: Activist. SONS OF THE DAWN. W. E. B. Du Bois: Activist-Scholar. Booker T. Washington: Founder of Tuskegee Institute. Roland Hayes: Concert Singer. Carl Murphy: Newspaper Publisher. Jackson Jordan, Jr.: A "Drylongso" Fellow. Chester Himes: Writer. Vernon Johns: Spiritual and Moral Leader. Fred Hampton: Black Panther. Arthur Ashe: Tennis Player. Index. Permissions.
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This eclectic and creative mix of biographical profiles traces the epic experience of black men in America from the Jamestown landing to the dawn of the 21st century. These profiles serve an audience of readers hungry for information about important, but often forgotten, figures in history.
Partial table of contents: FOREFATHERS. Broteer: "Colonial John Henry." Tom Molineaux: Boxer. Abraham Camp: Would-be Emigrationist. Ira Aldridge: Actor. David Walker: Abolitionist. Josiah Henson: The Uncle Tom Who Ran To Freedom. James McCune Smith: Physician. Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man. James Boon: Contractor. George Moses Horton: Poet. Robert Smalls: Union Navy Hero. George Washington: Town Founder. Frederick Douglass: Activist. SONS OF THE DAWN. W. E. B. Du Bois: Activist-Scholar. Booker T. Washington: Founder of Tuskegee Institute. Roland Hayes: Concert Singer. Carl Murphy: Newspaper Publisher. Jackson Jordan, Jr.: A "Drylongso" Fellow. Chester Himes: Writer. Vernon Johns: Spiritual and Moral Leader. Fred Hampton: Black Panther. Arthur Ashe: Tennis Player. Index. Permissions.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
