Overview

This installment of George L. Lee's four fascinating books of pen and ink sketches reaches out to include many famous people from the United States. Arranged chronologically (from Lemuel Haynes, a Minuteman in the Revolutionary War, to present-day figures), more than 150 cameo biographies accompany the stunning drawings and present both major and little known accomplishments of each of the African descendants. This is a wonderful resource for students, teachers, African American community leaders and the general reader.

Full Product Details

Author:   George L. Lee
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.209kg
ISBN:  

9780786467655

ISBN 10:   0786467657
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   02 February 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Lemuel Haynes      James Armistead      Josiah Henson      Daniel A. Payne      Martin R. Delany      Mary Ellen Pleasant      Hiram R. Revels      Mordecai Johnson      James W. Healy      Oscar De Priest      Henry Mack      Henry Fitzbutler      Harry T. Burleigh      Sylvester Magee      Robert Smalls      Allen Allensworth      T. McCants Stewart      Josh White      Edward C. Berry      Lucy Craft Laney      Alexandre Dumas      Nathan F. Mossell      Pearl Prirnus      Junius G. Groves      J.L. Thomas      Dean Kelly Miller      Anthony Overton      Jesse Binga      Sim T. Webb      Mary McLeod Bethune      Benjamin Banneker      Armond W. Scott      Benjamin 0. Davis, Sr.      Leroy “Satchel” Paige      Robert L. Vann      William Pickens      John Roy Lynch      Channing Tobias      Thomas “Fats” Waller      Robert A. Cole      Eubie Blake      Oscar “Papa” Celestin      Joe “King” Oliver      Edward “Kid” Ory      Hall Johnson      Clarence Muse      Sinclair Henry Jeter      Charles “Lucky” Roberts      Buddy Johnson      Richard M. Jones      Earl B. Dickerson      Judge Henry Parker      Xernona Clayton      Walter White      Charles Henry (Jack) Blackburn      C.B. Powell      Benjamin E. Mays      Crystal Bird Fauset      Cora M. Brown      Hattie McDaniel      Rex lngram      Ethel Waters      Elijah Muhammad      Rayford W. Logan      Raymond Pace Alexander      Howard Thurman      Ferdinand Q. Morton      Roy Wilkins      Isaiah T. Montgomery      Amanda Randolph      William J. Knox      Gwendolyn Brooks      Helen Marie Guenveur      Allison Davis      Zora Neale Hurston      Arna Bontemps      W. Montague Cobb      Haile Selassie 1      Euclid Louis Taylor      David W. Kellum      S.B. Fuller      Roi Ottley      Madame Evanti      Ted Poston      E. Simms Campbell      Canada Lee      Cab Calloway      Robert C. Weaver      Augustus F. Hawkins      Boston Daniels      Louis Jordan      John M. Burgess      Avon Long      Hugh M. Gloster      Willard Motley      Frank Robinson      George N. Leighton      Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr.      Lucius H. Pitts      Ossie Davis      Ulysses Kay      Thelonious Monk      Wilson C. Riles      Joe Williams      Ella Fitzgerald      Edward W. Brooke      William T. Coleman, Jr.      The “Ink Spots”      Rachel Robinson      Dempsey J. Travis      Walter E. Washington      James A. “Billboard” Jackson      Ruby I. Bell      “Satchel” Paige      Wendell P. Dabney      Butterfly McQueen      Damon J. Keith      Joseph L. Howze      Ruby Dee      Charles B. Armstrong, Sr.      Luke C. Moore      Emmett J. Rice      Charles L. Gittens      Medgar Evers      Erroll Garner      Otis M. Smith      Andrew Hatcher      Miles Davis, 111      Clotilde Bowen      Carl B. Stokes      John Coltrane      Levi Jackson      Francis E. Rivers      Kenneth Spencer      Carra Dell Owens      Leroy R. Johnson      A. Leon Higginbotham      Manford Byrd, Jr.      Ernest N. Morial,      Robert G. Clark      Martin Luther King, Jr.      Shirley Chisolm      Thomas D. Parham, Jr.      Raymond St. Jacques      Isaac T. Gillam IV      Kenneth Gibson      Jim Tilmon      Godfrey Cambridge      Richard G. Hatcher      Richard Allen      Franklin A. Thomas      Clerow “Flip” Wilson      Johnny Mathis      Billy Dee Williams      Roland Burris      Maynard Jackson, Jr.      Richard Arrington      Mary F. Berry      Mary T. Washington      Walter E. Fauntroy      Robert Guillaume      Frankie “Sugar Chile” Robinson      Valaida Snow      Julian Bond      Lorraine Hansberry      Curtis Mayfield      George Benson      Karen Stevenson      Vincent Brooks      Mary E. Tiller     

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a useful addition to journalism and popular culture --<i>ARBA</i>.

a useful addition to journalism and popular culture --ARBA.

“a useful addition to journalism and popular culture”—ARBA.

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The late George L. Lee was the author of several books. His works of art as well as his other published works, were originally run in a variety of newspapers.

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