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The Negro Revolution
by Goldston, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company[1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 2-247, [1] pp. Red cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with full-page and in-text black and white photographs. Goldston's history of Black people, beginning with the Kush people of modern day Sudan, ancient Ethiopia, then covering the kingdom of Benin, then the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the American Civil War to Reconstruction, the rise of the Klan, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. Goldston dispels the various racist myths that white Americans historically propagated, and examines the work that Black people did to pave a better future for themselves in a segregated United States. His book concludes with a discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr. and how the Civil Rights movement intersects with the movement for peace. Jacket shows minor edge wear.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010064
- Title
- The Negro Revolution
- Author
- Goldston, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company[1968]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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