African America: Portrait of a People Book

A timeless almanac to a legacy of pride, struggle, and triumph spanning nearly 400 years, African America is a fascinating mix of biography, little-known or understood history, enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements, rare photography, and illuminating storytelling. With a unique focus on people, it presents biographies of 500 influential figures in all walks of life as well as more than 300 photographs and illustrations. Eighteen topical chapters, each written by an expert in the field, cover current and historic issues and events surrounding the civil rights movement, African American literature, art, and music, religion within the black community, advances in science and medicine, and many other topics of key interest to students of African American culture.

A lifelong student of black America offers a comprehensive biographical, pictorial, and narrative overview of the African American experience, from 1600 to the present, illuminating black achievement in such areas as politics, literature, business, science, sports, and the performing arts. Photos.