One Hundred Amazing Facts About The Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut To The World History Of The Negro - Hardcover

Rogers, J A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1258030772 ISBN 13: 9781258030773

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011

Synopsis

J.A. Rogers devoted over fifty years of his life to his research. He had not only looked at world history but also at the histor of people of African origin, and has show how their history is an inseparable part of the history of mankind.

About this title

About the Author:

Joel Augustus Rogers was born on September 6, 1880 in Negril, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, West Indies. He was a Jamaican-American author, journalist and historian who contributed to the history of Africa and the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations and traced African achievements. He was one of the greatest popularizers of African history in the 20th century. Rogers was married to a White German woman he met in Europe. It seems somewhat surprising in view of his theories about race that he would marry a White woman. She was 42 years younger than he was!!!!! He died on March 26, 1966. She continued his publishing business after he died and greatly contributed to his legacy.

Review:

“Rogers committed his life to fighting against racism and he has a major influence on black print culture through his attempts to improve race relations in the United States and challenge white supremacist tracts aimed at disparaging the history and contributions of people of African descent to world civilizations.”—Thabiti Asukile, in “Black International Journalism, Archival Research and Black Print Culture”, The Journal of African American History

“I have been intrigued by this book, and by its author, since I first encountered it as a student in an undergraduate survey course in African-American history at Yale.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Root

About this edition

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1258030772
• ISBN 13: 9781258030773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 68