The Black 100 (Volume 0) - Softcover

Salley, Columbus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806515503 ISBN 13: 9780806515502

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp., 1998

Synopsis

Dr. Columbus Salley has selected the one hundred most influential African-Americans of all time and then ranked them according to their contributions to cultures worldwide and the struggle for equality.

From Dr. Martin Luther King (1) and Harriet Tubman (12) to Louis Armstrong (68) and Arthur Ashe (98), here are the one hundred who have fundamentally altered the ways in which millions of Americans -- of all colors -- live in our society.

For each of the one hundred, Dr. Salley provides a biographical sketch and an account of the reasons for each individual's rank.

About this title

About the Author

Salley, author, educator, and entrepreneur.

From Library Journal

Who are the most influential African Americans living and dead? Salley, an educator and writer ( What Color Is Your God? , Citadel, 1988), gives his own answer to that question, ranking his choices by their importance to the growth of African American society. For example, he includes David Walker, author of the antislavery pamphlet Walker's Appeal (1829), Mordecai Johnson, the first black president of Howard University, and writer Maya Angelou but omits poet Gwendolyn Brooks and Virginia Proctor Florence, the first black librarian. The biographies are quite good, as are the quotes by and about each person that accompany each article. Though solid, this work duplicates the material already available in The Negro Almanac (Gale, 1990), Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1992 (Gale, 1991), and Black Leaders of the 20th Century ( LJ 4/1/82). It is recommended for public and academic libraries that are either starting up an African American history reference collection or need access to biographies in a hurry. For libraries that have the references listed above, this may not be a necessary purchase.
- Danna C. Bell-Russel, Marymount Univ. Libs., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806515503
• ISBN 13: 9780806515502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404