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Jessie Carney Smith is a noted African American studies scholar and a professor of humanities at Fisk University. She is the author of ""Black Firsts"" and ""Black Heroes"".""""""""Linda T. Wynn is the assistant director for state programs at the Tennessee Historical Commission and a professor of history at Fisk University. They both live in Nashville, Tennessee.
This is a must-have reference. --St. Paul Pioneer Press Comprehensively catalogs the achievements of everybody from Hank Aaron to Bruce Yuille. --Syracuse Post-Standard This authoritative work, with its brief biographies of many accomplished and famous African-Americans, is one that writers, researchers, and libraries will want to keep close at hand for its valuable information. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch An important addition to Black History Month booklists. From the early abolitionists to the presidential nomination of Barack Obama, the authors have gathered easy-to-read articles on the essential people, places, and events of the black struggle for freedom. --School Library Journal Hundreds of entries describe in detail the important people, dates, events, and places of the African American experience. This reference works is very beneficial to students completing research and useful for all ages. -- VOYA A valuable encyclopedic work covering the Black experience in the United States from 1619 . . . through the Civil Rights Movement and to the ascendancy of Barack Obama, the country's first African-American president. -- Newark Star Ledger This title is an inexpensive alternative to the more academic titles on black history that are currently on the market. It will be especially appreciated in school libraries, community college collections, and public libraries of all sizes. -- American Reference Books Annual Written in a vivid and accessible style, this encyclopedia is highly recommended for high school, public, and community college libraries, where it will serve students well. . . . [U]nique effort that does equally well in libraries as it does in bookstores. -- Library Journal Freedom Facts and Firsts is a valuable encyclopedic work covering the Black experience in the United States from 1619, when Africans were brought to Jamestown, Va., as involuntary laborers, through the Civil Rights Movement and to the ascendancy of Barack Obama, the country's first African-American president. -- Newark (NJ) Star Ledger An important addition to Black History Month booklists. From the early abolitionists to the presidential nomination of Barack Obama, the authors have gathered easy-to-read articles on the essential people, places, and events of the black struggle for freedom. -- School Library Journal Hundreds of entries describe in detail the important people, dates, events, and places of the African American experience. This reference work is very beneficial to students completing research and useful for all ages. -- VOYA
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