Timetables of African-American History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History

by Sharon Harley

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Timetables of African-American History chronicles the most important people and events in African-American history.

Organized for easy reference in the popular timetables format, an illustrated chronology of the African-American experience covers significant people and events since 1492 in categories including Religion, Fine Arts, Law and Legal, Sports, and Science and Technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684815787
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	01/19/1996
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sharon Harley is an American educator, historian, and author. She is an Associate Professor and former chair of the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Editorial Reviews

This addition to the "Simon and Schuster Timetables" reference series is in the now-familiar format of years subdivided by field of endeavor, enabling the researcher to see how the accomplishments of African Americans proliferated throughout the history of our nation. The time frame covered is 1492-1992. The subject headings by which the achievements (and often the setbacks) are organized are General History, Education, Laws, Religion, Literature, Arts, Science, and Sports. Since African Americans had few opportunities for excelling in these fields early in our history, there is a good amount of blank space on some pages. This is not a source for anything more in-depth than connecting an event with a year and relating it to contemporary events in other subject areas-e.g., Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots of 1992 receive one sentence-but it will prove useful for answering such questions as the names of black inventors or tracking events like the growth and decline of slavery. Giving the exact date of an event rather than just placing it within a specific year would have been more helpful. The Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present (LJ 10/1/91) is also organized by year; it has no subject access but gives lengthier discussions of events. For the price, these timetables would be an excellent addition to any collection of African American studies as a ready reference source or a starting point for further research. If the all-important index is done with the care of the indexes in the other volumes of the series, it should be both thorough and detailed. For all libraries. (Illustrations and index not seen.)-James Moffet, Baldwin P.L., Birmingham, Mich.

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