Black American Leaders (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret B. Young
- First Published: 1969
- Time of Work: 1860–1969
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Carl T. Rowan, Barbara Jordan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, 1960’s, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Civil War, Politicians, Biography
- Locales: United States
Form and Content
Margaret B. Young’s Black American Leaders is a short book composed of brief biographical sketches of selected African-American leaders from a variety of fields during the period between the Civil War and 1969, the date of the book’s publication. Young divides the areas of leadership into civil rights, government, international leaders, and political leaders. Thirty-seven individuals have biographical sketches included, and each broad area of leadership is introduced with a brief essay by Young. Each biographical sketch begins with the person’s...
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