Gates, Henry Louis

This book, with its hundreds of maps, tables, charts, and photographs, presents articles on the history of each African nation and every major cultural, religious, and political movement in Africa and the New World.

Contains alphabetized articles--from Aardvark to Catholics--on people, places, events, and other topics related to Africa and the African-American experience, focusing on political and social history, literature, and the arts; and includes maps, charts, tables, and a chronology.

Collection of narratives about African-American men who rose from modest beginnings to achieve positions of prominence in a variety of fields, including James Baldwin, Colin Powell, Harry Belafonte, and Louis Farrakhan.

Describes how Oprah Winfrey draws on the strength of her ancestors to help her make important decisions and discusses tools and techniques African Americans can use to trace their own ancestry.

The author recounts his early life in the African-American community of a small West Virginia town in the Allegheny Mountains where the major social event was the annual mill picnic.

A biographical sketch of African American poet Phillis Wheatley. In support of the Common Core Learning Standards. (CCLS).

Contains the biographies of hundreds of African Americans including slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, musicians, athletes, lawyers, and civil rights leaders.

Traces the genetic history of twelve famous Americans such as Yo-Yo Ma, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi, by analyzing their DNA and comparing it to historical data.

Explores the roles of Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson in shaping African-American literary tradition, discussing how Phillis gained acceptance and freedom by being the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language in 1773. Discusses the effects of Jefferson's harsh criticism of the poet and her race.