Overview

Selected from his newspaper feature which appeared in most major black newspapers from 1945 to 1986, this fourth installment of George L. Lee's fascinating pen and ink portraits brings together black achievers from around the globe. Arranged chronologically (from Piankhi, an Ethiopian ruler of ancient Egypt, to Andre Watts, piano virtuoso), each drawing includes a cameo biography.

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Author:   George L. Lee
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9780786467686

ISBN 10:   0786467681
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 Foreword (by Dr. Helen E. Williams)      Introduction      Piankhi      Amenhotep IV      Cheops      Sunni Ali      The Marinides      Juan Latino      Blessed Martin De Porres      Moulay lsmail      Buddo      Abraham Hannibal      Ivan Hannibal      Sam Fraunces      Alessandro De’ Medici      Jean Baptiste Point Dusable      Mons. Chevalier De St. Georges      Phillis Wheatley      Ira Aldridge      William Leidesdorff      Rudolph Dunbar      Joseph Cinque      Alexander Crummell      Samuel Ringgold Ward      Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback      Hattie McDaniel      Mifflin Wistar Gibbs      D. Augustus Straker      Menelek ll      W. R. Pettiford      The ‘Almoravides’      Joseph C. Jeremie      Henry Ossawa Tanner      Richard B. Harrison      Charles Wood      Col. Charles Young      Dr. John Hope      Lt. Comdr. Edward S. Hope      Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois      Dr. James E. K. Aggrey      Charles Clinton Spaulding      Arthur A. Schomburg      Bert Williams      William Stanley B. Braithwaite      Josh Gibson      William H. Thompkins      Robert Penn      Sgt. George H. Wanton      Dr. Emmett J. Scott      Sidney Loman      Gen. Frank E. Petersen      J. Finley Wilson      Errol1 Garner      Joel A. Rogers      Arthur Dooley Wilson      Mary Church Terrell      Cong. William L. Dawson      Marcus Gamey      Roland Hayes      Judge Perry B. Jackson      Tim Moore      Horace Pippin      Noble Sissle      Madame Evanti      E. Franklin Frazier, Ph.D      Jomo Kenyatta      Capt. Adrian Richardson      Dr. Charles S. Johnson      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor      Eugene Jacques Bullard      James A. Bland      Lloyd A. Hall      Florence Mills      Butterbeans and Susie      William V. S. Tubman      Walter A. Gordon      Ada Smith Du Conge      Bishop Bravid W. Harris      Lt. Clarence Samuels      Col. Hubert Fauntleroy Julian      Gaston Monnerville      J. Raymond Jones      King Sobhuza 11      Sir Ladapo Ademola      Mabel Mercer      Dr. Rufus E. Clement      Robert Brown Elliott      Hale Woodruff      Albert Luthuli      Richmond Barthe      Marian Anderson      Bashir Shambe      Dr. Ralph J. Bunche      Lord Constantine      Clara Ward      Felix Houphouet-Boigny      Dr. Hastings K. Banda      Alex Quaison-Sackey      J. Saunders Redding      Aubrey Pankey      Shirley Graham Dubois      Josephine Baker      Russell S. Gideon      Adam Clayton Powell      Chester Bomar Himes      Sir Edward W. F. Mutesa II      Dr. Melvin H. Evans      Dr. Kwame Nkrumah      Art Tatum      Teddy Wilson      Fred Hutcherson, Jr.      Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa      Laurian Rugambwa      Dr. Kenneth B. Clark      Billy Eckstine      Frank Silvera      Sir William Arthur Lewis      Dr. John Hope Franklin      June Richmond      Maj. General Frederic E. Davison      Mrs. Iris King      Archie A. Alexander      Dorothy Maynor      Dorie Miller      Mary Eugenia Charles      William Warfield      Capt. Chas L. Thomas      Pfc. Arthur J. Broadnaux      Dr. Joseph H. Jackson      Maurice Cardinal Otunga      John H. Jackson      Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.      Julius K. Nyerere      Mervyn Dymally      George L. Brown      Bishop Harold R. Perry      Jewel LaFontant      Dinah Washington      Chalky Wright      Robert G. Mugabe      Sammy Davis, Jr.      Winifred Atwell      Pfc. Jack Thomas      Lincoln Alexander      Hon. Lynden O. Pindling      Mary Elizabeth Vroman      Eartha Kitt      Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr.      Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.      Harry Belafonte      Lawrence Joel      Robert N. C. Nix      Brock Peters      Charles B. Rangel      Geoffrey Holder      Mattiwilda Dobbs      Philippa Schuyler      Dick Gregory      James Brown      Simon Estes      Donald McHenry      Margaret Tynes      Robert “Bob” Marley      Andre Watts      Index     

Reviews

the portraits are excellent.... Recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; interesting...a valuable contribution --<i>VOYA</i>; an inspirational collection --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Author Information

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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