Description: This bestselling, definitive study of African Americans throughout history covers the full story of the African-American experience, from the arrival of slave ships in the early 1600s to the 20th century, when the black struggle for social and economic equality came to the forefront of American life. Included are portraits of such notable black figures as Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm X.
Brief description: Benjamin Quarles was Emeritus Professor of History at Morgan State University in Baltimore andthe author of many books on African American history, includingFrederick Douglass, The Negro in the American Revolution, Black Abolitionists, andThe Negro in the Civil War.