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Africa's Gift to America: The Afro-American in the Making and Saving of the United States : With New Supplement, Africa and Its Potentialities

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J.A. Rogers' book, "Africa's Gift to America" is another classic which should be added to the library of every serious student of African American history. He lays out in clear and fascinating detail the role of the African American from the founding of the nation in the 17th century through the Revolutionary War period to the Civil War and early Post-Civil War era. His use of first hand documents such as newspapers, magazines, political cartoons, journals, and his extensive citation to then-comtemporary historical works is materfully woven to create a rich historical tapestry. His mentioning of obscure historical facts such as the Corwin Amendment, the rejected original form of the 13th Amendment that would have preserved rather than abolished slavery, as well as the role of slave Jo Anderson in creatingg the McCormick reaper, are but a small sampling of the treasures within this invaluable volume.

If you can buy a copy for your library, it is money well spent. Excellent! The truth comes to light. I highly recommend this book if history, not history, turns you on.

This book by J.A. Rogers is just an insightful and great treasure chest of knowledge that every student needs to read to understand the great sacrifice and contributions that Africans have bestowed on this country.

This book should be a must for history classrooms. J.A. Rogers certainly did his homework. I saw a gentleman at work with this book and asked to check it out. I was hooked on it and almost asked to borrow it so I decided to get a personal copy. It's a book that will make an excellent gift to the curious mind of both a child or adult. It's a book I don't see myself giving away.

I first heard about Mr. Rogers a couple of years ago. A young lady named Nikki, from San Antonio, who is a member of my Diaspora2000@yahoogroups.com list, where we discuss white supremacy and all of it destructive ramification on blackpeople andonwhites as well, mentioned some data that he had researched.I immmediately went out and brought every book written by him that I could find. I finished "Superman" and am now reading the "Sex and RAce series". I'm also reading the "Worlds Great Black Men of Color. Even though I have lived all over the world and always moved comfortably in interracial groups, I am amazed at the knowledge presented here that it totally new to me. If we would teach ALL CHILDREN this information from the beginning of their schooling forward, we probably wouldn't have so much hatred of blacks by white people. Whites probably wouldn't hate themselves so much either; because their brain computers would be programmed with correct information about the human races instead of the garbage it currently contains.The disasters we have suffered recently probably wouldn't have happened either if white people knew their true history and place on this planet. When people act with a head full of stereotypes and othet misinformation about other people, these tragedies are sure to result.