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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher...
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Series
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English
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Carter G. Woodson, born just ten years after the Civil War ended, grew up in the lingering shadow of slavery. The son of former slaves, Woodson became the first scholar of African-American history, creating this field of university study. He was also the creator of Negro History Week, which has now grown into Black History Month, celebrated nationwide. The life and career of this pioneering historian are detailed in this book.
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Series
Report / 114th Congress 1st session Senate volume 114-350
Publisher
[U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Author
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Report / 114th Congress 1st session Senate volume 114-341
Publisher
[U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Building of the National Museum of African American History and Culture traces the making of this unparalleled museum. Founding director Lonnie G. Bunch III described it as "ten years in the making, and 100 years in the making," and Mabel O. Wilson explores that effort in her narrative. As she discovers, initial calls for a permanent place to collect, study, and present African American history and culture in the early twentieth century never...
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Language
English
Description
In Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession-eventually leading him to quit his job as an attorney when his wife was seven months pregnant with their second child, and make it his mission to help the museum become...
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English
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In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured. In A Fool's Errand, founding director Lonnie Bunch tells his story of bringing his clear vision and leadership to bear to realize this shared dream of many generations of Americans.
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Series
Report / 114th Congress 1st session Senate volume 115-63
Publisher
[U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Series
Report / 115th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 115-105
Publisher
[U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English