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African Americans Biography African Americans Biography Encyclopedias African Americans History Encyclopedias African Americans in literature African Americans Intellectual life Crafts, Hannah Slavery United States History 19th century Sources Slaves Emancipation United States Sources United States United States Race relations History 19th century SourcesGates, Henry Louis.
Summary: The distinguished scholar examines the origins and history of African-American ancestry as he profiles nineteen noted African Americans and illuminates their individual family sagas throughout U.S. history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.049 GATGates, Henry Louis
Summary: "A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of "Finding Your Roots," the companion book to the PBS documentary series seen by 30 million people. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the editors of Life bring readers everything that has been left to us from the life of one of history's most iconic figures. His pictures, actions, words in his speeches and his private letters are analyzed and pointed inward toward the person, to help us understand the man: the heart and soul of the man. This book is about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Books 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM LIFSummary: This dynamic and hip collective biography presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 FIEHecimovich, Gregg A.
Summary: "A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAFTS, HANNAH HECLincoln, Abraham
Summary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents the full range of Lincoln's views, gathered from his private letters, speeches, official documents, and even race jokes, arranged chronologically from the late 1830s to the 1860s. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 LINSummary: Provides profiles for more than four thousand African Americans throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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