Black Legacy by William Loren Katz (Paperback Book)

Name: Black Legacy by William Loren Katz (Paperback Book)
Brand: Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Black LegacyA History of New York's African Americans\nAuthor(s): William Katz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Seven Stories Press\nImprint: Triangle Square\nISBN-13: 9781644214398, 978-1644214398\nSynopsis\nFrom the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in New Amsterdam in 1609 to the Harlem Renaissance to the impact of #BLM, here is a concise and newly updated history of Black Americans in New York for readers aged 12 and up. Black Legacy reasserts the essential work of teacher and historian William Loren Katz, who was committed to documenting and uplifting the stories of Black Americans' courage and creativity, resilience and rebellion: Black Legacy includes chronological stories of: Black politicians and poets, abolitionists and athletes and activists, and the first Black children to attend public schools; Sojourner Truth, Paul Robeson, [url] DuBois, Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, and others who fought for Black freedom; Shirley Chisholm, Madame.