African American Women

African American Women
ISBN-10
190780448X
ISBN-13
9781907804489
Category
Photography
Pages
72
Language
English
Published
2015-07-01
Publisher
Giles
Author
National Museum National Museum of African American History and Culture

Description

The third in a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive.

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