100 Amazing Facts about the Negro with Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro - Softcover

Rogers, J. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614274444 ISBN 13: 9781614274445

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2013

Synopsis

2013 Reprint of 1957 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Joel Augustus Rogers (1880-1966) 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. Roger's work is a compendium of "amazing facts" he presents to confirm the Black man's central position in World History. It is a comprehensive sketch compiled from various scholarly sources. Among other things, Rogers provides to support that the Biblical Jews were indeed a black people.

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About the Author:

JOEL AUGUSTUS ROGERS (September 6, 1880–March 26, 1966) 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 twentieth century. Rogers addresses issues such as the lack of scientific support for the idea of race, the lack of black history being told from a black person’s perspective, and the fact of intermarriage and unions among peoples throughout history.

A respected historian and gifted lecturer, Rogers was a close personal friend of the Harlem-based intellectual and activist Hubert Harrison. In the 1920s, Rogers worked as a journalist on the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Enterprise, and he served as the first black foreign correspondent from the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1614274444
• ISBN 13: 9781614274445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66