| Edition |
2nd ed., rev. and expanded. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 787 pages) : portraits |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-756) and index. |
| Contents |
Arts & entertainment -- Business -- Civil rights & protest -- Education -- Government : county & state -- Government : federal -- Government : international -- Government : local -- Journalism -- Military -- Miscellaneous -- Organizations -- Religion -- Science & medicine -- Sports -- Writers. |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1994, Black Firsts inspired readers of all ages. An epic record of African American achievement, it testified to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, greatly expands the new edition with more than 1,000 new stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. With more than 100 illustrations, Black Firsts includes modern-day pioneers like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama), and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American to be awarded the Winter Olympic gold medal. Readers will revel and rejoice in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields -- arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost History Reference Center |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- Miscellanea.
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Black people -- History -- Miscellanea.
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World records -- United States -- Miscellanea.
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HISTORY -- World.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Black people. (OCoLC)fst00833880
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World records. (OCoLC)fst01181413
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Schwarze.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
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Biographie.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Jessie Carney, 1930-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black firsts. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. Detroit : Visible Ink Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002154346 |
| ISBN |
1578592291 (electronic book) |
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9781578592296 (electronic book) |
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9781578592586 (electronic book) |
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1578592585 (electronic book) |
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9781742191126 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1742191126 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1578591422 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1578591538 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781578591428 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781849721547 |
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9781578591534 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1849721548 |
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