num_pages: 416
description: Almost fifty years ago Melville Herskovits set out to debunk the myth that black Americans have no cultural past. Originally published in 1941, his unprecedented study of black history and culture recovered a rich African heritage in religious and secular life, the language and arts of the Americas.
language: English
title: The Myth of The Negro Past
titlecomplete: The Myth of The Negro Past
genres: African American, Nonfiction, Cultural Studies, History, Anti Racist, American History, Sociology, Race, Africa, Anthropology
ratings_count: 34
publisher: Beacon Press