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
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| Titolo: |
Working Americans 1898-2016 . Volume XIV African Americans / / based on materials from Working Americans series by Scott Derks
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-80316-077-2 |
| 1-68217-107-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808443203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Working Americans