Dirty Little Secrets About Black History : Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers [Paperback]

Claud Anderson (Author), Joann Anderson (Editor), Florence Jekins (Editor), Robert Coleman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997

This book of brief antidotes, presents easy to read little known factiods about blacks in America and their extradordinary achievements under oppressive and inhumane conditions.

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About the Author

Dr. Claud Anderson is a successful author and widely recognized as a leading intellectual in America. His experiences span education, business and all levels of government. He served as State Coordinator of Education for Governor Reubin Askew of Florida during the tumultuous years of integration. President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the rank of Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Commerce where he chaired a commission that funded and directed economic developmnet activities for governors. He was the executive director of two economic development organizations for the City of Miami, Florida. As the highest ranking black on the planning committee for the 1988 Democratic Convention, he awareded 37% of the contracts to blacks, a record that has not been reached or broken.

Dr. Anderson is president of the Harvest Institute, a black research organization in Washington, D.C and is involved in a number of projects to redevelop inner cities and to help Black America become more self-sufficient and competitive.

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: Powernomics Corp of Amer (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966170202
• ISBN-13: 978-0966170207
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great starter for facts about black history, August 9, 1999

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This review is from: Dirty Little Secrets About Black History : Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers (Paperback)

Although Anderson unapologetically represents a black point of view throughout the book, his stories and mini facts are great gems of information. Critics who argue that the book is poorly researched because they claim Anderson cites has more than one figure for the number of blacks who fought in the Civil War are forgetting that some numbers represent the number of blacks fighting at a given point in the war--over all, his number of 200,000 is the generally accepted number. Although he can be one-sided (I think he diminishes the suffering of Indians in some cases), the book overall is a must read and contains some little known dirtly little tidbits about American history.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids needed something., November 5, 2006

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R. Collins (Ft. Washington, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Little Secrets About Black History : Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers (Paperback)

It was amaizing to watch my two teen girls get some of the history of America filled in. They now have a better understandign of the why's and hows of history in the Americas.
My girls are now ready to not allow anyone tell them that they are inferior just because they are Black. They know if they fail it is because they are not working hard enough and/or not in the right place at the right time. They know that they can because despite the Americas prejudice, there were blacks that were so successful that they had to be removed from history by jealous writers of American history.
Thanks for the new pride.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars short quick and to the point, May 27, 2007

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Diana Wilson (sparta, ga) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Little Secrets About Black History : Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers (Paperback)

Dirty little secrets by Claude Anderson

Glossed over and misrepresented, virtually the most misunderstood of all subjects ....the history of the black race...a compilation of bits of facts, coincidences, contradictions, sexual exploits and tantalizing stories corrected and brought forth. Be introduced to heroes, warriors, and statesmen (Don Pio Pico, John Horse, David Walker, Khufu, Sabastian and Lari Giles). Others who fought for the people (Thad Stevens, Gen Santa Ana, John Brown, J.C. Harris), and some who were the ward connally and david duke of the day (Davy Crockett, William Penn, Haywood Shepard, John Chaves). Be introduced to arab slave trading to the tune of one million people over a 100 years confused under smothered religious conflicts, the folsom people, the berlin conference of 1876, slave Russians captured by the Germans, the buying and selling of slaves that occupied major places in newspapers....and tons of similar information, well worth the purchase.