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African American Lives

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I bought this book for my husband's birthday and he loved it. Though I haven't read it from cover to cover, I am constantly referencing it. Need facts on any prominent (and some not so prominent) African Americans, this book has everyone from Sojourner Truth to Malcolm X.
I actually called Harvard University and was able to get my copy signed and Prof Gates was extremely gracious.
I think every house with encyclopedias should include this in there library.

An excellent book. There is a lot of information presented that young people do not know about or see in the newspspers or on TV.

Although the internet gives limitless access to all kinds of knowledge and data bases, it's still possible to imagine not having that access. I love books, and I want my books to read when the internet does not function. This is a volume, well researched and well presented. I would like to be able to access this knowledge, if the internet somehow didn't exist into pepetuity, or when the electricity goes out!

African American Lives is a "must have" for people who care about the history of African descended people, and especially if they also maintain personal libraries.

I first came upon this book at a friends house. I thought it was amazing! It profiled the great works and positive influencesof many beautiful black Americans past and present! It made me proud!

In previous books, Prof. Gates have provided us with much more scholarly works. This book is not up to the standard of being a serious history of the African-American experience. It is poorly organized and replete with errors and omissions. In the past, he has given students and general readers a serious study, such as Africana .... In the past, he has fought against intellectual racism by revealing the facts in serious research. This book does not meet that standard.