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The African American national biography

Author: Henry Louis Gates; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The African American National Biography will present history through a mosaic of the lives of thousands of individuals, illuminating the abiding influence of persons of African descent on the life of this nation from the arrival of Esteban in Spanish Florida in 1529 through to notable black citizens of the present day.
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Genre/Form: Biography Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
biographie
dictionnaire
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
African American national biography.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
(OCoLC)656459499
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Henry Louis Gates; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
ISBN: 9780195160192 0195160193
OCLC Number: 156816848
Description: 8 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: V. 1. Aaron-Brown, Ruth --
v. 2. Brown, S.-Diggs --
v. 3. Dihigo-Gwynn --
v. 4 Hacker-Jones, Sarah --
v. 5. Jones, Scipio-Moore, Kevin --
v. 6. Moore, Lenny-Romain --
v. 7. Roman-Tzomes --
v. 8. Uggams-Zuber.
Responsibility: editors in chief, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Evelyn Brooks-Higginbotham.

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An 8-volume reference set containing over 4,000 entries written by distinguished scholars, the African American National Biography is the most significant and expansive compilation of black lives in  Read more...
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<br>"A powerful testament to our intelligence, integrity and commitment to excellence, traits often ignored by mainstream historians....This reference collection is a must-have for your library." Read more...

 
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