The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country.
"Black Americans are at the heart of the greatest achievements of our history, from music to law, from politics to sports, from literature to religion": First edition of The African-American Century; signed by Cornel West
The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country.
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Item Number: 117792
New York: The Free Press, 2000.
First edition of this collection of one hundred profiles of of the most influential African-Americans selected by two of the leading African American intellectuals of the 21st century. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Cornel West on the title page, “Love, Cornel West.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
With the African American Century, Henry Louis Gates , Jr. and Cornel West offer their personal picks of the African-American figures who did the most to shape our world. Here we find much loved characters such as scientist George Washington Carver, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., comedian Richard Pryor, aviator Bessie Coleman, activist Angela Davis, and rap artist Tupac Shakur in addition to musicians Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, and writers Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.
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