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Looking at African American History, 1500–2008

by Henry Louis, Jr. Gates
Knopf. Nov. 2011. 880p. ISBN 9780307593429. $50. HISTORY
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Of course you trust Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, to deliver an indelible (near-definitive?) history of African Americans ranging from the conquistadores to President Barack Obama. Fresh scholarship and more than 800 images, plus a 60,000-copy first printing; important for most collections.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Jun 01, 2011
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