Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries [3 Volumes]Matthew C. Whitaker Bloomsbury Academic, 9 мар. 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 1122 This stunning collection of essays illuminates the lives and legacies of the most famous and powerful individuals, groups, and institutions in African American history. Each chapter is a detailed exploration of the life and legacy of an individual icon. Through these portraits, readers will discover how these icons have shaped, and been shaped by, the dynamism of American culture, as well as the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed to the rise, and sometimes fall, of these powerful symbols of individual and group excellence.
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