Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present
- ISBN-10
- 0195137558
- ISBN-13
- 9780195137552
- Category
- African American artists
- Pages
- 458
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Nell Irvin Painter
Description
Enhanced by nearly 150 images of painting, sculptures, photographs, quilts, and other work by black artists, offers a survey of African American history which covers the predominant political, economic, and demographic conditions of black Americans.
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