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• ISBN: 0688130976 (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9780688130978 (acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: xxiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: New York : William Morrow and Co., c1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Estevanico : black presence in the Americas -- The first Rhode Island ; Peter Salem ; Salem Poor ; James Armistead Lafayette ; Crispus Attucks -- Joseph Cinque : black revolt -- Frederick Douglass : freedom on the world stage -- Harriet Tubman : freedom in the shadows -- Bass Reeves : black individualism in the West -- Blacks in the military -- Lewis H. Latimer : black intellectual achievement -- Rosa Parks : black heart.

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African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > History.