Perseverance : African Americans: Voices of Triumph

The first book in a Time-Life Series on African American (AA) history & culture. First, discusses the Songhai Empire, a mighty black kingdom on the Niger River in Africa. Second, describes the surge westward in the U.S. & the part AA played in the Old West. Third, soldiers in the shadows, discusses AA soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the 1990s; some of the topics include the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, cracking the Navy's color line, black servicewomen, & Brig. Gen. Sherian Cadoria. Fourth, advocates for change, discusses such topics as desegregation & freedom riders, the struggle for civil rights, & power to the people. Profusely illustrated with photos & drawings.Cave, Janet P. is the author of 'Perseverance : African Americans: Voices of Triumph', published 2002 under ISBN 9780756758004 and ISBN 0756758009.