Black Heroes
by Jessie Carney Smith
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Black Heroes is a who's who of cultural importance to all Americans. This celebration of African American achievement presents 150 biographical portraits of individuals who have made a profound impact on American culture, from W.E.B. Du Bois to Colin Powell, from Rosa Parks to Maya Angelou, from Romare Bearden to Josephine Baker. This work covers a wide range of occupations, including activists, athletes, artists, authors, business leaders, performers, political figures, scientists, and show more more. Rich with detail, the profiles each run several pages and include one or more photographs. show lessTags
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Jessie Carney Smith is the William and Camille Cosby Professor at Fisk University in Nashville. Winner of the 1992 Women's National Book Association Award and the Candace Award in Education from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Dr. Smith is the author of Epic Lives: 100 Black Women Who Made a Difference.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 920.009296073 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Biographies General and collective by localities
- LCC
- E185.96 .B5337 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Biography. Genealogy
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- English
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- 3
