A selective compilation of important people, places, and events in the history of African Americans from 1492 to the present. Comprehensive reference source which provides brief descriptions of leaders, military divisions, military campaigns, and period terminology. A comprehensive, multivolume, dictionary of over 6,000 entries, each written by subject scholars. Includes discussion of the significant legal cases, organizations, people, and events which occurred during the civil rights era in the United States. A quick reference to topics in the history of Colonial and Revolutionary America.
Entries are cross referenced and include bibliographies.
About two-thirds of the 2,200 entries are biographies that begin in the seventeenth century and continue through the twentieth. The remaining entries deal with historical eras, legal cases, cultural achievement, and sports. Includes sections in history, governors, cities and towns, and historic places. Entries include descriptions of Indian origins, battles, agricultural techniques, information on prominent legal cases, art, and tribal life. Nearly half of the entries are written by tribal leaders.