Author: GATES, HENRY LOUIS AND WEST, CORNEL
Title: The African - American Century - How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country
Description: New York, Touchstone. 2002. (ISBN: 0684864150). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. xvi + 414 pages. Illustrated throughout. Wihout Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels. Without Dr. King or Thurgood Marshall we would be deprived of political breakthroughs that affirm and strengthen our democracy. Here, two of the leading African-American scholars of our day, Henry Louis Gates, jr. and Cornel West, shows us why the 20th century was the African-American century, as they offer their personal picks of the African-Americans who did most to shape our world. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Keywords: American History, African-Americans 0684864150


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