African American Firsts: Famous Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America

by Joan Potter

Book Overview

Excluded from history books, overlooked in classrooms and neglected by the media, African Americans have long been denied an accurate picture of their contributions to America, from colonial days to the present. But times have changed and the record can now be set straight. From the inventors of the traffic light and the gas mask to winners of an Oscar and the Olympic gold, this authoritative resource reveals over 450 'firsts' by African Americans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758241666
• ISBN13: 9780758241665
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"