Newman, Richard

Survey of African-American history, from the arrival of the first Africans in British North America in 1619 to the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature to Toni Morrison in 1993, organized in question and answer format under five chronological time periods.

Tells the true story of Alma Rose, the daughter of a famous musical family in Vienna, discussing how she used her talent and strong will to save the lives of nearly fifty women inmates of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by organizing them into an orchestra that played for the pleasure of their Nazi captors.

This volume uses a question-and-answer format to provide a ready-reference primer on African-American history.

An alphabetized reference guide to various quotations by African-Americans about a variety of subjects, including America, heroism, jazz, and racism.