Historic landmarks of Black America / by George Cantor ; foreword by Robert L. Harris, Jr.

Main entry:

Cantor, George, 1941- author.

Title & Author:

Historic landmarks of Black America / by George Cantor ; foreword by Robert L. Harris, Jr.

Publication:

Detroit : Gale Research, [1991]
©1991

Description:

xxx, 372 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Also published by Visible Ink as Historic Black landmarks.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.
The Midwest -- The Northeast -- The South central states -- The Southeast -- The West -- Ontario.

Summary:

This illustrated book will take you on a guided tour of 300 landmarks uniquely related to African-American history and culture. Text and photographs being the black experience to life. A few examples include the Chappie James Aerospace Center, Frederick Douglass House, Sojourner Truth grave, Kentucky Derby Museum, Preservation Hall, Boston Massacre Memorial, the Motown Museum. These and other monuments, museums, houses, plaques, and birthplaces described are a testimony to the triumphs and tragedies, the insight and blindness, the art and action that characterize black history in America.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0810378094 (hardback)
9780810378094 (hardback)

Subject:

African Americans Monuments Guidebooks.
Historic sites United States Guidebooks.
Noirs américains Monuments Guides.
African Americans Monuments
Historic sites
Historische Stätte
Führer
Schwarze
United States History, Local.
United States Guidebooks.
United States
USA
Schwärze
Historic sites United States

Form/genre:

Führer.
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
Local history
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Harris, Robert L., Jr., 1945- writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 72840
Call No.: ID:92-B1399
Status: Available

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