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Great African Americans

The history of African Americas is an integral part of history of America. These courageous and talented people broke down barriers and achieved great success, often times despite great odds. They were gifted, committed, and dedicated men and women who rewrote history, blazed trails, and challenged myths about inferiority. Great African Americans tells their story.

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Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Colin Powell, Duke Ellington, Michael Jordan, and more. Learn about the Great African Americans who shaped our nation wwith the stunning, fact-packed compendium. Great African Americans features dozens of profiles of admirable African Americans from the early 1800’s to the present day, including:

Fredrick Douglas
Scott Joplin
Billie Holiday
Sidney Poitier
Oprah Winfrey
Condelezza Rice
And Many More!

With Inspirational stories of struggle and sacrifice, full color and historic photographs, moving quotes, and more, this beautiful book honors and celebrates the Great Spirit and contribution of African American community.

Great Hispanic-Americans celebrating more than 50 stories of individuals who had the courage and resolution to stand up for their right, their culture, and their way of life. Experience Ceasar Chavez’s political daring, Isabel Allende’s engrossing works of literature, and the academic brilliance of physicist Luis Alvarez, which led to his Nobel Prize. Creative masterpieces, scientific breakthroughs, civil rights advances-some of these stories may be familiar, while others are less well known. You will find Hispanic American heroes who have paved the way, setting the standard of which others aspire , and leaders who continue to assert their influence today. Share in this inspiriting commemoration of the Hispanic legacy in the United States.

Synopsis
After three centuries of oppression, black Americans had reached their limit. Tired of inferior schools, "Jim Crow" laws, and the threat of being lynched for trying to vote, African-Americans risked their lives for justice - most notably in the 1950s and '60s.

This book recounts the story of the Civil Rights Movement, from slavery up to the present day. Hundreds of captivating photographs accompany detailed captions, authoritative essays, and a 1,200-item timeline. Experience all the drama of this epic tale in Civil Rights Chronicle: The African-American Struggle for Freedom.

Library Journal
Filled with impressive pictorials, this captivating coffee-table book illustrates the African American struggle for the recognition of basic humanity and legal rights. Under the guidance of Clayborne Carson (director, Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, Stanford Univ.), several authors, including Mark Bauerlein, Todd Steven Burroughs, Ella Forbes, and Jim Haskins, contributed to the text, which is divided into nine chapters that range from "The Early Struggle" (before 1900) to the end of the 20th century. The writing is serviceable, but in design and execution this is primarily a picture book, lacking source notes and a bibliography. General readers can use it as a visual tour of the people, places, and developments that marked the ongoing movement from slavery to freedom; it rivals neither The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights nor The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Civil Rights Movement. Recommended for young adult and general collections on civil rights, as well as African American or U.S. history.-Thomas J. Davis, Arizona State Univ., Tempe Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.