Book of African-American Quotations
- ISBN-10
- 0486112446
- ISBN-13
- 9780486112442
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-02
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Joslyn Pine
Description
This original collection of quotations cites approximately 100 well-known African Americans from all walks of life, including Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Muhammad Ali, Julian Bond, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison.
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