Great American Negroes
By: Ben Richardson ; illustrated by Louise Costello
Series: Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950 -- no. 234.
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: African Americans; Biography
Notes: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, Va. : Chadwyck-Healey, 2015. (Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950 ; no. 234)
Table of contents: title: Popular music: Duke Ellington. William C. Handy. Fats Waller; title: The orchestra: Dean Dixon; title: Classical music: William Grant Still; title: Singers: Marian Anderson; title: The theater: Paul Robeson. Katherine Dunham; title: Boxers: Joe Louis; title: Track stars: Jesse Owens; title: Education: Mordecal W. Johnson. Mary McLeod Bethune; title: Science and invention: George Washington Carver. Charles Drew; title: Literature: Langston Hughes; title: The church: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.; title: Politics: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Walter White; title: The military: Crispus Attucks. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.