African-American Holidays, Festivals And Celebrations
Subtitle: The History, Customs, and Symbols Associated With Both Traditional and Contemporary Religious and ... Events Observed by Americans of African Desc
Contributors: Jean Currie Church (Foreword); Jessie Carney Smith (Introduction)
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: December 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 569
ISBN-13: 9780780807792
Subjects: Social Science; Sociology; Holidays (non religious); Sociology - General; Customs & Traditions; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African Americans; Festivals; Holidays; Social life and customs; United States
Description: "Provides information about the history and celebration of more than 100 holidays, festivals, and other events observed by Americans of African descent. Features include narrative overviews, chronology of historical events related to holidays and festivals, calendar and geographical listings of observances, bibliography, and contact information and web sites"--Provided by publisher.