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Life upon These Shores
Looking at African American History, 1513-2008
Book Summary
In this illustrated book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. follows African American history from conquistadors to Barack Obama. Pivotal moments include slavery, the Jim Crow Era, and the emergence of hip-hop in culture.
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This book is about:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage,
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,
- HISTORY / United States / General,
- African American influences,
- Pictorial works,
- Civilization,
- African Americans,
- History,
- United States
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Life Upon These Shores (Knopf, $50) finds its natural endpoint in the landmark inauguration of our country's first African-American president. But the centuries of triumphs it celebrates — so many of them earned as a result of excruciatingly painful struggle — make it clear that there are no endpoints. Beginnings — like those forged by Dred Scott or Marian Anderson or Rosa Parks or the survivors of Hurricane Katrina — are what propel history.
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