Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement
- ISBN-10
- 0767921178
- ISBN-13
- 9780767921176
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Alan B. Govenar
Description
A collection of first-person accounts from African Americans representing a variety of backgrounds, historical eras, and occupations presents personal quests for opportunity and freedom, with contributions from civil rights attorney Oliver W. Hill, pianist and museum founder Josephine Love, IBM VP and inventor Mark Dean, and former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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