The Making of an Afro-American: Martin Robison Delany, 1812-1885

by Dorothy Sterling

Book Overview

Decades before Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Malcolm X, Martin Robison Delany (1812--1885) proclaimed his pride in being black, and demanded not only emancipation but independence for African Americans. Grandson of an African prince, son of a slave, Delany lived a life of singular achievement: the first African-American explorer to venture into the heart of Africa; the publisher, editor, and writer of one of the first black newspapers in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306807211
• ISBN13: 9780306807213
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"