“The Shaping of Black America” is a book that began as essays in Ebony magazine. The author, Lerone Bennett, Jr., was the long time editor of the acclaimed magazine. The book starts with the earliest documented instances of Africans on American soil and finishes with the South Central L.A. riots of 1992.
This is a very enlightening book. Bennett discusses important yet little known Black figures from the 17th century on. It is a historical documentation of the economical, social, religious, educational, and political ups and downs of Black people. Most of the aforementioned was used to oppress Black Americans, but there are the cases of those who were able to excel in these areas in spite of the overwhelming forces against them.
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