The Black West : a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States

The Resource The Black West : a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States

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The Black West : a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States

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a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States

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by William Loren Katz with a new introduction

Language

eng

Summary

Looks at the history of Blacks in the American Western frontier
The American West: no period in our history has defined and shaped us more as a nation. Unique to the U.S., the Old West exerts a power on the American imagination that can still be seen in almost every aspect of our culture. Sadly, as is the case with most other periods, historic acknowledgment of the African American contribution to the West is either totally nonexistent or nowhere near complete. In The Black West, historian William Loren Katz corrects the record in words and pictures, showing that, from the journeys of Lewis and Clark to the charge at San Juan Hill, African American men and women exerted an influence beyond their numbers in the discovery and definition of the American West. - Back cover

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contains biographical information

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DLC

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illustrations

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non fiction

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bibliography

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A Touchstone book

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