"Tracing African American history through four centuries of profound changes and amazing accomplishments, The Handy African American History Answer Book brings the influence, inspiration, and impact of African Americans on U.S. society, culture, and history into focus. It guides readers through the early settlers, explorers, and leaders to the broad array of groundbreaking work in all fields, including the arts, business and commerce, education, government and politics, medicine, the military, religion, science, sports, and more. Highlighting stories of personal struggles, hard-fought triumphs, interesting trivia, and common myths and misconceptions, The Handy African American History Answer Book is devoted to illustrating and showcasing the moving, complex, turbulent, enriching, and often lost history of black life in America"--Page 4 of cover.
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