"President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to 'seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.'”- https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month
I went to a school that never recognized Black History Month; they didn't even acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let alone the man himself. The contributions of African Americans to American history are significant and should never be ignored. From inoculation (https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-onesimus-slave-cotton-mather) to the human computers behind the original space travel (https://www.space.com/35430-real-hidden-figures.html), the accomplishments are great. The trials, tribulations, and perseverance of African Americans need to be acknowledged. We need to learn from history and overcome the ignorance that tries to hold people back.
Of course, you trust Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, to deliver an indelible (near-definitive?) history of African Americans ranging from the conquistadors to President Barack Obama. Fresh scholarship and more than 800 images, plus a 60,000-copy first printing; important for most collections.
"In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty in the South, denied citizenship rights, and terrorized by white violence. But Roosevelt's victory created the opportunity for a group of African American intellectuals and activists to join his administration as racial affairs experts. Known as the Black Cabinet, they organized themselves into an unofficial council. They innovated anti-discrimination policy, documented the New Deal's inequalities, led programs that lifted people out of poverty, and paved the way for greater federal accountability to African Americans and a greater black presence in government. But the Black Cabinet never won official recognition from Roosevelt, and with his death, it disappeared from history. This is its story"-- Provided by publisher.
"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover.
"Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South." -- Publisher annotation.
Jazz greats Billy Strayhorn, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, and Erroll Garner; two top Negro League baseball teams; and the most widely read black newspaper in the country-all bragging rights for 1920-50s Pittsburgh, proof that it had a thriving African American community rivaling those of Harlem and Chicago. From the former managing editor of CNN Worldwide.
400 Years of Achievement presents four centuries of noteworthy accomplishments through a fascinating mix of biographies -- including more than 750 influential figures -- little-known or misunderstood historical facts, and enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements.
This seven-part documentary combines detailed historical reenactments and expert commentary to chronicle the origination and eventual end of slavery in the United States. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
From the bestselling author of the Don't Know Much About® books, this middle-grade nonfiction account tells the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of the greatest U.S. presidents.
An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day.
Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.
Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.
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