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by Lerone Bennett
John Riddle
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The black experience in America, starting from its origins in Western Africa up to 1961, is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the late 1950s to 1961, the time of publication. Before the Mayflower grew out of a series of articles Bennett published in Ebony magazine regarding the trials and triumphs of a group of Americans whose roots in the American soil are deeper than the roots of the Puritans who arrived on the celebrated Mayflower a year after a "Dutch man of war" deposited 20 Negroes at Jamestown. Bennett's history is infused with a desire to set the record straight about black contributions to the Americas and about the powerful Africans of antiquity. While not a fresh history, it provides a solid synthesis of current historical research and a lively writing style that makes it accessible and engaging listening. After discussing the contributions of Africans to the ancient world, Before the Mayflower tells the history of the other Americans, how they came to America, and what happened to them when they got here. The audiobook is comprehensive and detailed, providing little-known and often-overlooked facts about the lives of black folks through slavery, Reconstruction, America's wars, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement.
- Lerone Bennett - Author
- John Riddle - Narrator
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- ISBN: 9781982760977
- File size: 337438 KB
- Release date: July 2, 2019
- Duration: 11:42:59
MP3 audiobook
- ISBN: 9781982760977
- File size: 337483 KB
- Release date: July 2, 2019
- Duration: 11:48:00
- Number of parts: 13
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History African American Nonfiction Nonfiction
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The black experience in America, starting from its origins in Western Africa up to 1961, is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the late 1950s to 1961, the time of publication. Before the Mayflower grew out of a series of articles Bennett published in Ebony magazine regarding the trials and triumphs of a group of Americans whose roots in the American soil are deeper than the roots of the Puritans who arrived on the celebrated Mayflower a year after a "Dutch man of war" deposited 20 Negroes at Jamestown. Bennett's history is infused with a desire to set the record straight about black contributions to the Americas and about the powerful Africans of antiquity. While not a fresh history, it provides a solid synthesis of current historical research and a lively writing style that makes it accessible and engaging listening. After discussing the contributions of Africans to the ancient world, Before the Mayflower tells the history of the other Americans, how they came to America, and what happened to them when they got here. The audiobook is comprehensive and detailed, providing little-known and often-overlooked facts about the lives of black folks through slavery, Reconstruction, America's wars, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement.
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Author's Republic
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UnabridgedOverDrive Listen audiobook
ISBN: 9781982760977
File size: 337438 KB
Release date: July 2, 2019
Duration: 11:42:59
MP3 audiobook
ISBN: 9781982760977
File size: 337483 KB
Release date: July 2, 2019
Duration: 11:48:00
Number of parts: 13
- Creators
- Lerone Bennett - Author
- John Riddle - Narrator
- Formats
OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
- Languages
English
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