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(Hardback)

"[This work] will be useful to librarians, to genealogists, and to persons searching American Indian, Asian-American, black American, and Hispanic-American ancestries. . . . Family researchers or librarians will find this comprehensive, user-friendly work invaluable." Reference Books Bulletin

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The 10 essays here explore the images of blacks in historical contemporary American culture. It interprets the use of black images in a variety of media, such as works of art, popular titles, and other sources, and identifies the artifacts, books, films, and other materials that have been collected privately or in libraries.