Famous American Negroes | Famous American Negroes

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Author: Langston Hughes
First Published: 1954
Time of Work: The mid-eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth century
Setting: The United States
Principal Characters: Phillis Wheatley, Richard Allen, Ira Aldridge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, Daniel Hale Williams, Henry Ossawa Tanner, George Washington Carver, Robert S. Abbott, Paul Laurence Dunbar, W. C. Handy, Charles C. Spaulding, A. Philip Randolph, Ralph Bunche, Marian Anderson, Jackie Robinson
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: African Americans, Twentieth century, Abolitionists, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Science or scientists, Poetry or poets, Eighteenth century, Singing or singers, Athletes, Biography, Diplomacy or diplomats
Locales: United States

Langston Hughes’s Famous American Negroes is a collection of brief biographical essays highlighting the individual achievements of seventeen African Americans who have contributed to the history and development of the United States. Beginning with the poet Phillis Wheatley, who was born about 1753, and ending with the baseball player Jackie Robinson, who was still alive when this book was published, Hughes has created a highly selective list that is intended to be representative of the range of African-American achievement rather than an exhaustive...

Famous American Negroes | Famous American Negroes

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