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(0)Herb Boyd
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd chronicles the fascinating history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering an expansive discussion of this iconic city, Black Detroit ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of fugitives traveling on the Underground Railroad to the advent...
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Documents the 1955 kidnapping and murder of teenage Emmett Till as remembered by his cousin, sharing descriptions of life in period Mississippi and how the ensuing murder trial became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
8) Autobiography of a people: three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it
Language
English
Description
An anthology of autobiographical writings that combine to present a history of the African-American experience, arranged chronologically by date of author's birth, from 1710 to 1963.