Black firsts
4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
by Jessie Carney Smith, Jessie Carney Smith, Casper Leroy Jordan, Casper LeRoy Jordan, and Jessie Carney Smith Ph.D.
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"Black Firsts, a record of African American achievement, testified to a rich but often overlooked part of our history.
Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, greatly expands the new edition with more than 1,000 new stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant, including the recent successes of modern-day pioneers like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama), and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American to be awarded the Winter Olympic gold medal. Dr.
Smith has revised and extended existing entries, capturing more of the remarkable episodes of discipline, will, transcendence, and belated recognition."--BOOK JACKET.
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Nonfiction, Sociology, Miscellanea, History, African Americans, Blacks, World records, Blacks, history, African americans, history, Noirs américains, Histoire, Records, Noirs, Miscellanées, Biographie, Afro-Americans, African americans, miscellanea, United states, history, Black peoplePlaces
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Black firsts: 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
2013, Visible Ink Press
in English
- 3rd ed.
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Black firsts: groundbreaking events in African American history
2009, Fall River Press
in English
1435119673 9781435119673
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Black firsts: 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
2003, Visible Ink Press
in English
- 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
1578591422 9781578591428
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Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement
March 1994, Thomson Gale
Hardcover
in English
0810389029 9780810389021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 745-756) and index.
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Readers will revel in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields-arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. And they will rejoice in their triumphs. With hundreds of illustrations and a daily calendar of firsts, Black Firsts is the culmination of many hours of work, courage, and perseverance, the exact qualities represented within. Black Firsts is a testament to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, gives us stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. A vital collection of amazing scholarship, Black Firsts remembers and celebrates those who have won personal victories against the forces arrayed against them.
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