Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas
- ISBN-10
- 0028658213
- ISBN-13
- 9780028658216
- Series
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- Category
- History / United States / General
- Pages
- 2746
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Macmillan Reference USA
- Author
- Colin A. Palmer
Description
Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces-many by the foremost scholars in the field-it addresses a wide array of subjects in over 2,300 articles to fully define in one source the cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community.
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