| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
170 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The newly emancipated. Booker T. Washington ; James Weldon Johnson ; Choral ensembles ; Ida B. Wells-Barnett ; W.E.B. Du Bois ; The Divine Nine ; Mary McLeod Bethune ; Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- The new negroes. Zora Neale Hurston ; Howard Thurman ; Clubs and organizations ; Langston Hughes ; Thurgood Marshall ; Bayard Rustin ; The hidden figures: Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson -- The agitators. Leontyne Price ; Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Toni Morrison ; A brief history of students on HCBU campuses ; John Lewis ; Bob Hayes ; Collegiate sports ; Oprah Winfrey -- The hip hop generation. Kamala Harris ; Hakeem M. Oluseyi ; Taraji P. Henson ; Marching bands ; Erykah Badu ; Stacey Abrams ; Ta-Nehisi Coates -- The millennials. Chadwick Boseman ; Homecoming ; Hebru Brantley ; Ibram X. Kendi ; J.R. Smith ; Megan Thee Stallion ; Dance lines ; Mo'ne Davis -- Additional American icons. |
| Summary |
"The ultimate celebration of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), this first-of-its-kind illustrated anthology is tailor-made for devoted alumni, aspiring applicants, recent graduates, and more"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
African American universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
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African American college graduates -- Biography.
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African American college graduates. (OCoLC)fst00799100
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Vereen, Alonzo. Historically Black First edition. Philadelphia : Running Press, 2022 9780762480333 (DLC) 2022006501 |
| ISBN |
9780762480326 (hardcover) |
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0762480327 (hardcover) |
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9780762480333 (ebook) |
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