Search Results: African American from House of Our Own Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1969. Two volumes in one: Volume I: The Origins of Black Americans (378 pages); Volume II: The Black Community in Modern America (508 pages); includes essays by leading scholars in history, political science, and sociology (brown cloth with gold lettering; previous owner's name and date stamp on first page; glossy gray dust jacket with black lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Greenwood Press, 1994. This is a study of the rise of hospital care and services provided to African-Americans from the antebellum era to the integration era; it examines the history, development, and significance of Black hospitals and their sources of funding and support, and explores why so few Black hospitals remain; it also examines two historical public policies, the federal Freedman's Bureau policy from 1865 to 1869 and the federal Hill-Burton Act from 1946 to 1974; includes an appendix of black hospitals organized by state (brown cloth with gold lettering on front & spine; slightly creased at bottom of spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.