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Achievements & Legacies of Famous African Americans Volume 1 chronicles history of African Americans., and preserves the legacy of African Americans global accomplishments by showing and telling of the many doors that were opened through persistence, determination, talent, genius, fortitude and strength. "These books are definitive guides of the African American experience in America across a wide spectrum of fields. The books are refreshing with stories of the academic achievement, life experiences, and the impact on the history of Blacks in America. Schools and Libraries across the country have given these books excellent reviews." Phil Andrews, President, Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc./Past President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc.
Achievements & Legacies of Famous African Americans Volume 1 chronicles history of African Americans., and preserves the legacy of African Americans global accomplishments by showing and telling of the many doors that were opened through persistence, determination, talent, genius, fortitude and strength. "These books are definitive guides of the African American experience in America across a wide spectrum of fields. The books are refreshing with stories of the academic achievement, life experiences, and the impact on the history of Blacks in America. Schools and Libraries across the country have given these books excellent reviews." Phil Andrews, President, Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc./Past President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc.
Achievements & Legacies of Famous African Americans Volume 1 chronicles history of African Americans., and preserves the legacy of African Americans global accomplishments by showing and telling of the many doors that were opened through persistence, determination, talent, genius, fortitude and strength. “The collection of T. L. Allen's books on the achievements of Blacks in America taught me about the triumphs of so many untold heroes of Black in America. It is inspiring to know that many families will benefit from the comprehensive research that T. L. Allen performed to put together a work of this magnitude for the world to view”. Reviewed by C.J. Wilson “As a parent, I am was thrilled to add T. L. Allen's Commemorative Edition Series to my home's library, as much of the history of African Americans is not taught in the schools” The author did a great, thorough documenting a long list of remarkable achievements that will help young people develop a sound foundation and respect for the achievement of their forefathers”. Reviewed by Linda Taliaferro "These books are definitive guides of the African American experience in America across a wide spectrum of fields. The books are refreshing with stories of the academic achievement, life experiences, and the impact on the history of Blacks in America. Schools and Libraries across the country have given these books excellent reviews." Phil Andrews, President, Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc./Past President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc.
Carolyn Wilkins grew up defending her racial identity. Because of her light complexion and wavy hair, she spent years struggling to convince others that she was black. Her family’s prominence set Carolyn’s experiences even further apart from those of the average African American. Her father and uncle were well-known lawyers who had graduated from Harvard Law School. Another uncle had been a child prodigy and protégé of Albert Einstein. And her grandfather had been America's first black assistant secretary of labor. Carolyn's parents insisted she follow the color-conscious rituals of Chicago's elite black bourgeoisie—experiences Carolyn recalls as some of the most miserable of her entire life. Only in the company of her mischievous Aunt Marjory, a woman who refused to let the conventions of “proper” black society limit her, does Carolyn feel a true connection to her family's African American heritage. When Aunt Marjory passes away, Carolyn inherits ten bulging scrapbooks filled with family history and memories. What she finds in these photo albums inspires her to discover the truth about her ancestors—a quest that will eventually involve years of research, thousands of miles of travel, and much soul-searching. Carolyn learns that her great-grandfather John Bird Wilkins was born into slavery and went on to become a teacher, inventor, newspaperman, renegade Baptist minister, and a bigamist who abandoned five children. And when she discovers that her grandfather J. Ernest Wilkins may have been forced to resign from his labor department post by members of the Eisenhower administration, Carolyn must confront the bittersweet fruits of her family's generations-long quest for status and approval. Damn Near White is an insider’s portrait of an unusual American family. Readers will be drawn into Carolyn’s journey as she struggles to redefine herself in light of the long-buried secrets she uncovers. Tackling issues of class, color, and caste, Wilkins reflects on the changes of African American life in U.S. history through her dedicated search to discover her family’s powerful story.
“An important and powerful book” that radically reframes the debates swirling around the academic achievement of African-American students (Boston Review) “The solutions offered by each essay are creative, inspirational, and good old common sense." —Los Angeles Times In 3 separate but allied essays, African-American scholars Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard examine the alleged ‘achievement gap’ between Black and white students. Each author addresses how the unique social and cultural position Black students occupy—in a society which often devalues and stereotypes African-American identity—fundamentally shapes students’ experience of school and sets up unique obstacles. Young, Gifted and Black provides an understanding of how these forces work, opening the door to practical, powerful methods for promoting high achievement at all levels. In the first piece, Theresa Perry argues that the dilemmas African-American students face are rooted in the experience of race and ethnicity in America, making the task of achievement distinctive and difficult. Claude Steele follows up with stunningly clear empirical psychological evidence that when Black students believe they are being judged as members of a stereotyped group—rather than as individuals—they do worse on tests. Finally, Asa Hilliard argues against a variety of false theories and misguided views of African-American achievement, sharing examples of real schools, programs, and teachers around the country that allow African-American students to achieve at high levels. Now more than ever, Young, Gifted and Black is an eye-opening work that has the power to not only change how we talk and think about African-American student achievement but how we view the African-American experience as a whole.
Volume 1 in the two volume set about overcoming the odds in African American Education.
The stories of black American professionals, both historic and contemporary, reveal the hardships and triumphs they faced in overcoming racism to succeed in their chosen fields. This extraordinary four-volume work is the first of its kind, a comprehensive exploration of the obstacles black men and women, both historic and contemporary, have faced and overcome to succeed in professional positions. Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers includes the life and career histories of black American pioneers, past and present, who have achieved extraordinary success in fields as varied as aviation and astronautics, education, social sciences, the humanities, the fine and performing arts, law and government, and medicine and science. The set covers well-known figures, but is also an invaluable source of information on lesser-known individuals whose accomplishments are no less admirable. Arranged by career category, each section of the work begins with a biographical narrative of early black pioneers in the field, followed by original interviews conducted by the editors or autobiographical narratives written by the subjects. In all, more than 150 scholars and professionals share inspiring insights into how they persevered to overcome racism and succeed in an often-hostile world.
William L. Dawson is recognized for his genre-defining choral spirituals and for his Negro Folk Symphony, a masterpiece enjoying a twenty-first-century renaissance. Gwynne Kuhner Brown’s engaging and tirelessly researched biography reintroduces a musical leader whose legacy is more important today than ever. Born in 1899, Dawson studied at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He worked as a church, jazz, and orchestral musician in Kansas City and Chicago in the 1920s while continuing his education as a composer. He then joined the Tuskegee faculty, where for 25 years he led the Tuskegee Institute Choir to national prominence through performances of spirituals at the opening of Radio City Music Hall, on radio and television, and at the White House. The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski premiered Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony in 1934. Engaging and long overdue, William L. Dawson celebrates a pioneering Black composer whose contributions to African American music, history, and education inspire performers and audiences to this day.
Alphabetically-arranged entries from O to T that explores significant events, major persons, organizations, and political and social movements in African-American history from 1896 to the twenty-first-century.