Black Firsts: Groundbreaking Events in African American History
Description
First published in 1994, Black Firsts sold more than 60,000 copies, inspiring readers of all ages. An epic record of African American achievement, it 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 Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American t...
ISBN(s)
1435119673, 9781435119673
