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Books in Major Black Contributions from Emancipation to Civil Rights series

  • African American Scientists and Inventors

    Tish Davidson, Dr. Hill, Marc Lamont

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Profiles African American scientists and inventors throughout history and their contributions to society, from the advances in agriculture made by George Washington Carver to the research in medicine conducted by Charles Drew.
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  • African-American Artists

    Carol Ellis

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Ellis, Carol
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  • African-Americans in Business

    Tish Davidson

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Profiles some of the most prominent African-American businesspeople in history, including Madame C.J. Walker, Philip A. Payton, Thomas Burrell, and Oprah Winfrey.
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  • African-American Educators

    Elizabeth Massie

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Massie, Elizabeth
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  • African-American Activists

    Carol Ellis

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Describes the history of African-American activism in the United States, from the struggle for freedom from slavery in the 19th century to the fight for civil rights, and profiles such activists as Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, and Medgar Evers.
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  • African Americans in Sports

    James Nasium

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 2, 2012)
    History of African American athletes and their contributions to sports in the United States.
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  • A History of the Civil Rights Movement

    M LaVora Perry

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    A brief history of the American civil rights movement.
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  • African Americans in the Military

    Marcia Amidon Lusted

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Discusses African American contributions to the American military from the War of Independance to the present.
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  • African Americans in Law and Politics

    Mary Main, Cathy Thomason

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Jan. 1, 2013)
    Discusses the history of African Americans in law and politics, including Joseph Rainey, Constance Baker Motley, and Barack Obama.
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  • African-American Musicians

    Claudette Hegel

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Hegel, Claudette
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  • African-American Writers and Journalists

    Mary Hertz Scarbrough

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Scarbrough, Mary Hertz
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  • African Americans in Radio, Film, and TV Entertainent

    Linda J Armstrong

    Library Binding (Mason Crest Publishers, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Discusses black entertainers and the kinds of roles they have played in the years from before the Civil War to the presnt.
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