World's Great Men of Color, Volume II, Volume 2

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Simon and Schuster, Jul 6, 2010 - History - 592 pages
An eye-opening account of the great black personalities of world history.
In this first volume: outstanding blacks of Asia and Africa, and historical figures before Christ -- including Akhenaton, Aesop, Hannibal, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Askia the Great, the Mahdi, Samuel Adjai Crowther, and many more.
World's Great Men of Color is a comprehensive account of the great Black personalities in world history. J. A. Rogers was one of the first Black scholars to devote most of his life to researching the lives of hundreds of men and women of color. This first volume is a convenient reference; equipped with a comprehensive introduction, it treats all aspects of recorded Black history. J. A. Rogers's book is vital reading for everyone who wants a fuller and broader understanding of the great personalities who have shaped our world.
The companion volume covers the great Blacks of Europe, South and Central America, the West Indies, and the United States, including Marcus Garvey, Robert Browning, Dom Pedro, Alexandre Dumas, Joachim Murat, Aleksander Sergeevich Pushkin, Alessandro de' Medici, St. Benedict the Moor, and many others.

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Contents

Commentary and Notes on References 3 St Maurice of Aganaum Roman
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the Great 34 Antonio Vieira Portugals Grandest Personage 40 John
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Alexandre Dumas Fils Remaker of the Modern French Stage 123
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Commentary and Notes on References 167 Henrique Dias ExSlave
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Commentary and Notes on References 217 Captain Cudjoe Dauntless
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Antonio Maceo The Lion the Centaur the Invincible 272 Ulises
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Commentary and Notes on References 305 Estevanico Discoverer
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United States 350 Peter Jackson Gallant Knight of the Prize Ring 356
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George Washington Carver Agricultural Wizard of Tuskegee 462
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Jack Johnson World Heavyweight Champion and Demolisher of The White
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of the World 490 Roland Hayes Poor Factory Boy Who Became a World
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Superman of the Prize Ring
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Egypt Ancient and Modern
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Ancient Rome 546 Eastern Roman Empire 547 Spain 547 Portugal 548
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Germany 552 France 552 Haiti 554 Brazil 556 Nicaragua
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Giant and FreeLance Educator 432 Ernest Everett Just Pioneer in Biol
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About the author (2010)

J.A. Rogers was an anthropologist and historian whose pioneering work in Black Studies was little appreciated during his lifetime. Among his many books are Superman to Man and Sex and Race. World's Great Men of Color was completed in 1947 but was published only in a small private edition. This edition has been brought up to date with an introduction, commentaries, and bibliographical notes by John Henrik Clarke, editor of Malcolm X: The Man and His Times and Harlem, U.S.A.

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