Black Legacy: A History of New York’s African American

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Imprint: Atheneum (Apr 01, 1997)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9780689319136
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    Description of Black Legacy: A History of New York’s African American


    The author of Black Indians traces the history of African Americans in New York from the colonial period to the present day, capturing the people and events—from early slaves to the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement—that changed the course of America.

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