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Defining moments in Black history : reading between the lies / Dick Gregory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Dick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Black nationalism--United States--History.
- Black nationalism.
- United States.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Local Subjects:
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Black nationalism--United States--History.
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 250 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Reading between the lies
- Defining moments in history
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The activist and comedian examines key events in black history, from the beginnings of the slave trade in Africa and the Middle Passage to the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Contents:
- Foreword by Professor Gerg Carr, Howard University
- Introduction: Dick-o-lo-gy
- Searching for freedom
- Solidarity
- The more things change, the more they stay the same
- Making something out of nothing
- Running in place, embarrassing the race
- Epilogue: last thoughts.
- Notes:
- In the title on the cover, the word "black" appears with a strikethrough.
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Nonfiction , Honor, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780062448712
- 0062448714
- OCLC:
- 1052887226
- Publisher Number:
- 99983001632
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