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Working Americans 1898-2016 . Volume XIV African Americans / / based on materials from Working Americans series by Scott Derks



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Autore: Derks Scott Visualizza persona
Titolo: Working Americans 1898-2016 . Volume XIV African Americans / / based on materials from Working Americans series by Scott Derks Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amenia, NY : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2016]
�2016
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Disciplina: 305.562097309034
Soggetto topico: Working class African Americans - History
Working class - United States - History
African Americans - Employment - History
Labor - United States - History
Occupations - United States - History
Social classes - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions
Note generali: "A universal reference book."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Working Americans, 1898-2016 Volume XIV: African Americans ; Table of Contents ; Introduction ; 1898-1919 ; 1898: African American Wood Turner ; 1913: Young Singer of Spirtuals ; 1916: African American U.S. Army Major ; 1917: Civil Rights Advocate ; 1919: Female African American Entrepreneur ; 1920-1939 ; 1927: Blues Singer Florence Mills ; 1935: African American Couple Emigrate from Rural South to Urban North ; 1939: Female Pianist and Musical Arranger ; 1940-1959 ; 1942: Guitarist with Transformative Technique ; 1945: Female Trombonist in Traveling Band
1946: African American Newspaper Reporter 1946: African American Sailor and Desegregation Advocate ; 1948: U.S. Delegate and Postwar Architect ; 1951: Former Slave and Proud Matriarch ; 1952: Olympic Gold Medal Hurdler ; 1959: Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer and Prisoner ; 1960-1979 ; 1960: Self-trained Olympic Weightlifter ; 1961: Educator and Civil Rights Pioneer ; 1962: From Orphan to Self-made Golf Caddie ; 1966: African American Baseball Player ; 1966: Army Private in the Vietnam War ; 1968: Female Electronics Worker ; 1970: Earth Day Advocate ; 1975: Jamaican Immigrant and Caregiver ; 1980-1999
1983: Music Promoter and Innovator 1985: Haitian Immigrant and Artist ; 1993: University Student and Music Promoter ; 2000-2016 ; 2008: Surfer and Surfboard Entrepreneur ; 2015: Field Service Scheduling Supervisor ; 2016: Family Therpist ; The Black Population: 2010 Census Brief ; Black (African American) History Month: February 2016 ; Further Reading ; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The African-American struggle and triumph comes to life in these pages, from the Emancipation Proclamation and racial segregation in the 1800s to the the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement to the first African American president. This volume provides real information on what it meant to be an African American from the 1890s to the present day.
Titolo autorizzato: Working Americans, 1898-2016  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-80316-077-2
1-68217-107-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798205903321
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Serie: Working Americans