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The Negro Trail Blazers of California

by Delilah L. Beasley

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The first comprehensive history of Afro-American pioneers and their descendants in California. Traces their history from the earliest explorations of California by Estevanico, Friar Marco's "Negro guide," in the late 1520s to the contributions of Afro-American servicemen in France in World War I.

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Languages: English
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Published: 1969
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 979.4
LCC: E185.93 .C2 .B4

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