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Author:
Collins, Izola Ethel Fedford, 1929- author. (local)390063
Title:
Island of color : where Juneteenth started / Izola Ethel Fedford Collins.
Publisher:
AuthorHouse,
Copyright Date:
©2004
Description:
xviii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Collins, Izola Ethel Fedford,--1929---Friends and associates.
African Americans--Galveston--Galveston--History.
African Americans--Galveston--Galveston--Biography.
Friendship.
Galveston (Tex.)--History.
Galveston (Tex.)--Biography.
History.
Other Authors:
Crayton, Cheryl Collins, editor. (local)390065
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-431) and index.
Summary:
On this island called Galveston, Texas, African-Americans have a unique position in the history of the world. Natives of this city, and incoming residents, who were people of color, were the pioneers of much of the civilization that occured in this part of the world. "Juneteenth" has become a term used by persons all over the nation who recognize the validity of the term now synonymous with freedom. (from container).
ISBN:
9781418469740 (pbk) :
1418469742
LCCN:
2004094442
Locations:
AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

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