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African-American Social Leaders and Activists (A to Z of African Americans) by Jack Rummel, G. S. Prentzas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Booklist Part of Facts On File's A to Z of African Americans series, this volume deals with African American social reformers and political activists from the eighteenth century up to the present. Its intended audience is high-school students, undergraduates, and the general public. The author includes 164 profiles, each one between one and three pages long, with Martin Luther King Jr.'s entry the longest at almost four pages. Other entries include Joseph Cinque, Jesse Jackson, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth. Rummel has written other biographical works, such as \*Langston Hughes\* (Chelsea, 1988) and \*Malcolm X\* (Chelsea, 1989). The book begins with an introduction that provides historical context. The actual articles are listed in alphabetical order and include cross-references to other individuals profiled in the book. Fifty black-and-white photographs accompany the text. After each entry the author provides a list of further readings, and he has also included a general bibliography at the end of the work. There is a general index as well as one that lists individuals by year of birth and another by their main activities, such as abolition and education. In clear, concise

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Author

Jack Rummel, G. S. Prentzas

Publisher

Facts On File, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816080922

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Historical Fiction, Social Science