Before the Mayflower; a History of Black AmericaTraces black history from its origins in the great empires of western Africa, the transatlantic journey to slavery, through Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Page 306
... later that the President " looked me full in the eye for a long time in an obvious effort to find out if I were bluffing or ex- aggerating . Eventually , he appeared to believe that I meant what I said . " The President shrugged ...
... later that the President " looked me full in the eye for a long time in an obvious effort to find out if I were bluffing or ex- aggerating . Eventually , he appeared to believe that I meant what I said . " The President shrugged ...
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... later that day by millions of TV - viewers , shocked the nation and sent thousands of Negroes and whites to Selma to join the struggle , which continued for two weeks . During the course of the struggle , three white Unitarian ministers ...
... later that day by millions of TV - viewers , shocked the nation and sent thousands of Negroes and whites to Selma to join the struggle , which continued for two weeks . During the course of the struggle , three white Unitarian ministers ...
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... later by the American Red Cross . On October 1 , 1940 , in response to a British SOS , Dr. Drew was appointed full - time medical director of the plasma proj- ect of Great Britain . As director of the first great experiment in the gross ...
... later by the American Red Cross . On October 1 , 1940 , in response to a British SOS , Dr. Drew was appointed full - time medical director of the plasma proj- ect of Great Britain . As director of the first great experiment in the gross ...
Contents
THE AFRICAN PAST | 3 |
BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER | 29 |
THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | 48 |
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