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Great Negroes, past and present, by Russell L. Adams ; illustrated by Eugene Winslow ; edited by David P. Ross, Jr

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index

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Great Negroes, past and present

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by Russell L. Adams ; illustrated by Eugene Winslow ; edited by David P. Ross, Jr

Brief one- or two-page biographies of important Negroes from ancient to modern times and from many professions including science, education, art, music, and religion

Piankhy: Conqueror of Egypt -- Antar: Afro-Arabian poet-story teller -- Sonni Ali: Founder of Songhay -- Askie the Great: Builder of Songhay -- Abram Hannibal: Soldier, Commander of Russia -- Chaka: 18th Century Zulu King and warrior -- Gustavus Vassa: Seafarer, colonizer -- Jacques Eliza Jean captein: Orator, Philosopher -- Joseph Cinque: African prince and revolutionist -- Menelik II: Founder of Modern Ethiopia -- Estavanico: Arizona's African discoverer -- L'Ouverture, Desalines, Christophe: Haiti: three who made a revolution -- Crispus Attucks: First to die for Independence -- Peter Salem: Black hero of Bunker Hill -- Oliver Cromwell: With Washington at Delaware -- Benjamin Banneker: Mathematical wizard and inventor -- Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable: Chicago's first settler -- Prince Hall: Fraternal leader -- Paul Cuffe: Early businessman and colonizer -- James Forten: Forgotten Abolitionist -- Denmark Vesey: Anti-slavery insurrectionists -- David Walker: Appeal to the slaves -- Nat Turner: Anti-slavery revolutionist -- William Still: Underground railroad leader -- Harriet Tubman: Black Moses of her race -- Sojourner Truth: A pilgrim of freedom -- Frederick Douglass: Golden trombone of abolition -- James P. Beckwourth: Western frontiersman -- Alexander Crummell: Writer, advocate of equality, minister -- Robert Smalls: Navigator, slave-hero, Congressman -- Hiram Revels: U.S. Senator from Mississippi -- Blanche K. Bruce: Senator from Mississippi -- Robert B. Elliott: U.S. Congressman from South Carolina -- Richard H. Cain: U.S. Congressman from South Carolina -- John R. Lynch: U.S. Congressman from Mississippi -- Jefferson Long: U.S. Congressman from Georgia -- John Mercer Langston: U.S. Congressman from Virginia -- James T. Rapier: Congressman from Alabama -- Ebenezer D. Bassett: First negro Diplomat -- James Lewis: Collector for Port of New Orleans -- Henry Highland Garnet: Abolitionist, Minister to Liberia -- John H. Smythe: U.S. Minister to Liberia -- James Monroe Trotter: Recorder of deeds -- Jonathan J. Wright: South Carolina jurist -- George W. Williams: Soldier, Diplomat, Historian -- Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback: Lt. Governor of Louisiana -- Elijah McCoy: "The real McCoy" -- Norbert Rillieux: Slave, scientist -- Jan Ernst Matzeliger: Inventor and businessman -- Granville T. Woods: Prolific inventor -- Garrett A. Morgan: Inventor for safety -- Martin R. Delaney: Ethnologist -- Matthew A. Henson: Polar explorer -- George Washington Carver: Savior of Southern agriculture -- Daniel Hale Williams: First successful heartsurgeon -- Ernest E. Just: Biologist -- Ulysses Grant Dailey: Surgeon -- Charles Drew: Pioneer in blood plasma research -- Percy Julian: Chemist -- Theodore K. Lawless: Dermatologist-Philanthropist -- John B. Russwurm: First editor-publisher -- William Whipper: Non-violent business activist -- William Leidesdorff: Maneuvering millionaire -- John Jones: Businessman, crusader -- Isaac Myers: Businessman, labor organizer -- John Merrick: Insurance pioneer -- Madame C.J. Walker: Cosmetics manufacturer -- Maggie L. Walker: Banker, organizer -- Jesse Binga: Banker-financier -- Anthony Overton: Banker, manufacturer -- Robert S. Abbott: The lonely warrior -- Robert L. Vann: Pittsburgh Courier founder -- Frank L. Gillespie: Founder of the Supreme Life Insurance Co. -- C.C. Spaulding: Builder of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. -- Claude A. Barnett: Founder of the Associated Negro Press -- A.G. Gaston: Millionaire, free enterpriser -- John H. Johnson: Publisher without a peer -- Paul R. Williams: Architect of fame and fortune -- Martin de Porres: A sainted life -- Thomas Paul: Pioneer Baptist organizer -- Augustus Tolton: First Negro priest in America -- Richard Allen: Founder of African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Daniel Alexander Payne: A giant of the A.M.E. Church -- James Augustine Healy: First Negro Catholic Bishop -- Henry McNeal Turner: Minister extraordinaire -- John Jasper: Outstanding, slaver

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Great Negroes