Description
Book Synopsis Cameo biographies along with Lee''s famous pen-and-ink portraits make this book an inviting and inspiring browser for students as well as a useful reference to teachers, writers, librarians, black community leaders and the general reader.
Both major achievements and little-known interesting facts are given on over 200 Americans. The coverage is broad: past and present leaders, performers, musicians and sports greats, scientists, writers and military men and women.
The material is drawn from a newspaper feature which the author created in 1945. The feature continued until 1986 and has appeared in most of the major black newspapers in the United States.
Trade Reviewfascinating reading and contains many little known facts about a number of influential black Americans. Recommended--Library Journal; ""strongly recommended""--ARBA
