African Americans in El Paso

by Kathryn Smith-McGlynn, Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, Maceo Crenshaw Dailey Jr.

Book Overview

El Paso's African American community can trace its origins back to the 16th century, when the black Moor known as Esteban roamed the southwest and, more significantly, those Africans in the party of conquistador Juan de O?ate crossed the Rio Grande in 1598. The modern El Paso African American community began to take shape in the 1880s, as the railroad industry, military establishment, and agricultural community all had black Americans in their ranks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467131776
• ISBN13: 9781467131773
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"