The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present - Softcover

Salley, Columbus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806520485 ISBN 13: 9780806520483

Publisher: Citadel Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Profiling African Americans whose contributions have had a significant impact on the struggle for equality, a biographical chronicle ranks figures from the last four hundred years

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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: Citadel Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806520485
• ISBN 13: 9780806520483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384