The Black family who built America
the McKissacks two centuries of daring pioneers
The Black family who built America
the McKissacks two centuries of daring pioneers
Book - 2025
Traces six generations from slavery to industry leadership, chronicling the McKissack family's enduring legacy in architecture and construction, highlighting their resilience, innovation, and contributions to landmark American projects amid ongoing challenges of racial discrimination and structural inequality.
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| 37413322515752 | Checked out | New Adult Non-Fiction | B MCKISSACK DANIEL |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Black Privilege Publishing, Atria,
2025
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| Edition: | First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria books hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Black family who built America : |b the McKissacks, two centuries of daring pioneers / |c Cheryl McKissack Daniel ; with Nick Chiles. |
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| 520 | |a Traces six generations from slavery to industry leadership, chronicling the McKissack family's enduring legacy in architecture and construction, highlighting their resilience, innovation, and contributions to landmark American projects amid ongoing challenges of racial discrimination and structural inequality. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t McKissack & McKissack -- |t Two in a million -- |t Hollywood to Tennessee -- |t Too big to be small -- |t 1929 and back -- |t "I ain't going into the Black bathroom" -- |t "Financial clearance" -- |t "It's like we're in heaven" -- |t What it takes -- |t Family business -- |t Sisterly love -- |t The right kind of monument -- |t I'm a survivor -- |t Strange bedfellows -- |t A whole new ballgame -- |t Back to school. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a African American families. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001843 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American businesspeople |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Construction industry |x History. | |
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