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Author:

Govenar, Alan B., 1952-

Title:

Untold glory : African Americans in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and achievement / Alan Govenar.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harlem Moon/Broadway Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxviii, 400 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Interviews.
Successful people--United States--Interviews.
Creative ability--United States.--Case studies.
Interviews--United States.
Oral history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-398).

Contents:

Sidney Barthwell, Jr., court magistrate -- Josephine G. Cooke, businesswoman -- Quoqueze Desiree Craig, fashion model -- Mark Dean, engineer -- Mary Lovenia Deconge-Watson, mathematician -- James A. Emanuel, poet -- Richard E. Harris, journalist -- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer -- Oliver W. Hill, Sr., civil-rights attorney -- Nicholas Hood, Sr., minister and city councilman -- Paul C. Hudson, bank president -- Herb Jeffries, actor and entertainer -- Gwendolyn Knight, artist -- Marian Kramer, welfare rights organizer -- Jacob Lawrence, artist -- Bruce Lee, biologist -- Jeni Legon, actress and tap dancer -- Josephine Harreld Love, arts advocate -- Walter "Brownie" McGhee, blues musician -- John McLendon, basketball coach -- Geraldine Miller, household technician and social activist -- Rupert Richardson, past president, NAACP -- Richard E. Stewart, Army chaplain -- William H. Waddell IV, veterinarian -- Richard J. Wedgeworth II, physician -- Lawrence Douglas Wilder, mayor -- Marvin Williams, baseball player.

ISBN:

9780767921176
0767921178

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69679988

LCCN:

2006016986

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)