Missouri's Black heritage /
this edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African-Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
[1993], ©1993
Columbia : c1993 Columbia : ©1993 Columbia : [1993] |
| Edition: | Rev. ed |
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| Summary: | this edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African-Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds "Originally written in 1980 by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, Gary R. Kremer, and Antonio F. Holland, Missouri's Black Heritage remains the only book-length account of the rich and inspiring history of the state's African-American population. It has now been revised and updated by Kremer and Holland, incorporating the latest scholarship into its pages. This edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African-Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds." "Documenting the African-American experience from the horrors of slavery through present-day victories, the book touches on the lives of people such as John Berry Meachum, a St. Louis slave who purchased his own freedom and then helped countless other slaves gain emancipation; Hiram Young, a Jackson County free black whose manufacturing of wagons for Santa Fe Trail travelers made him a legendary figure; James Milton Turner; who, after rising from slavery to become one of the best-educated blacks in Missouri, worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and the State Department of Education to establish schools for blacks all over the state after the Civil War; and Annie Turnbo Malone, a St. Louis entrepreneur whose business skills made her one of the state's wealthiest African-Americans in the early twentieth century." "A personal reminiscence by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, a distinguished African-American historian whom many regard as one of the fathers of black history, offers a unique view of Missouri's racial history and heritage." "Because Missouri's Black Heritage, Revised Edition places Missouri's experience in the larger context of the national experience, this book will be welcomed by all students and teachers of American history or black studies, as well as by the general reader. It will also promote pride and a greater understanding among African-Americans about their past and provide an increased appreciation of the contributions and hardships of blacks."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0826209041 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826209041 082620905X (paper : alk. paper) 082620905X (pbk.) 082620905X 9780826209047 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826209047 9780826209054 (paper : alk. paper) 9780826209054 |