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"Originally published in 1994, Black Firsts inspired readers of all ages. An epic record of African American achievement, it testified to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, greatly expands the new edition with more than 1,000 new stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. With more than 100 illustrations, Black Firsts includes modern-day pioneers like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama), and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American to be awarded the Winter Olympic gold medal. Readers will revel and rejoice in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields -- arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more."
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Nonfiction, Sociology, Miscellanea, History, African Americans, Blacks, World records, Blacks, history, African americans, history, Noirs américains, Histoire, Records, Noirs, Miscellanées, Biographie, Afro-Americans, African americans, miscellanea, United states, history, Black peoplePlaces
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Black Firsts: 4,500 Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events
2021, Visible Ink Press
in English
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Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events
Jan 01, 2021, Visible Ink Press
library binding
1578597412 9781578597413
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Black firsts: 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
2013, Visible Ink Press
in English
- 3rd ed.
1578593697 9781578593699
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Black firsts: groundbreaking events in African American history
2009, Fall River Press
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1435119673 9781435119673
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Black firsts: 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
2003, Visible Ink Press
in English
- 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
1578591422 9781578591428
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Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events
December 2002, Omnigraphics
Hardcover
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- 2 Revised edition
1578591538 9781578591534
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Black firsts: 2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
1994, Visible Ink
in English
0810394901 9780810394902
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Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement
March 1994, Thomson Gale
Hardcover
in English
0810389029 9780810389021
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Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement
February 1994, Visible Ink Press
Paperback
in English
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Black firsts: 2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
1994, Visible Ink Press
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Black firsts: 2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
1994, Gale Research
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Black firsts: 2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
1994, Visible Ink
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1994, Gale Research
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-756) and index.
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Readers will revel in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields-arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. And they will rejoice in their triumphs. With hundreds of illustrations and a daily calendar of firsts, Black Firsts is the culmination of many hours of work, courage, and perseverance, the exact qualities represented within. Black Firsts is a testament to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, gives us stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. A vital collection of amazing scholarship, Black Firsts remembers and celebrates those who have won personal victories against the forces arrayed against them.
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