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New Encyclopedia Chronicles African American Lives Mary Elizabeth Bowser served Jefferson Davis in the Confederate White House. She was also a spy — for the Union. Bowser's story is one of many ...
A Rider University professor co-wrote and edited the newly published Encyclopedia of Black Comics (Fulcrum, 2017) because nothing like it existed — and she thought it should. “It’s not just about ...
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, is an encyclopedia of enslaved people’s experiences in the United States from the 17th century to the 19th century.
The 600-page encyclopedia features more than 1,000 entries from 150 authors. The historical guidebook for the public is also meant to be a new resource for teachers. Co-editor says now there's "no ...
Benberry, Cuesta. Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts. The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.: Louisville, 1992. A selection of quilts and with chapters that include slave-made ...
Home › Encyclopedia Smithsonian › History and Culture "Down through the Years": African American Stories for Young Readers and the Young at Heart: This list is in two sections, beginning with books ...
An Encyclopedia of African American Christian Heritage Marvin Andrew McMickle. Judson Press, $30 (301pp) ISBN 978-0-8170-1402-5.
A Kentucky philanthropist has donated enough money to keep the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia project going. Tom Brumley, a former Central Kentucky banker, has provided the $15,000 ...
Paul Finkelman, a legal historian and author of “Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895,″ agrees with that characterization.
The battle over Florida’s new African American history standards grows more heated. ... and “Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895,″ a 2006 book edited by Paul Finkelman. ...
With $40k in funding from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she plans to create a digital, and eventually physical, encyclopedia of historic and modern African art.