Illustrated Black history
honoring the iconic and the unseen
Book - 2022
"A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers--famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and more--with biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer. Illustrated Black History is a breathtaking collection of original portraits depicting black heroes--both famous and unsung--who made their mark on activism, science, politics, business, medicine, technology, food, arts, entertainment, and more. Each entry includes a lush drawing or painting by artist George McCalman, along with an insightful essay summarizing the person's life story. The 145 entries range from the famous to the little-known, from literary luminary James Baldwin to documentarian Madeline Anderson, who produced "I Am Somebody" about the 1969 strike of mostly female hospital workers; from Aretha Franklin to James and Eloyce Gist, who had a traveling ministry in the early 1900s; from Colin Kaepernick to Guion S. Bluford, the first Black person to travel into space. Beautifully designed with over 300 unique four-color artworks and accessible to readers of all ages, this eye-opening, educational, dynamic, and timely compendium pays homage to Black Americans and their achievements, and showcases the depth and breadth of Black genius." --
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Kareen Abdul-Jabbar : athlete, author, public speaker - - |t Cato Alexander : mixologist - - |t Jourdan Anderson : rebel - - |t Madeline Anderson : producer, documentarian, director - - |t Maya Angelou : poet, author, activist, professor - - |t Amy Ashwood Garvey : activist - - |t Augusta Braxton Baker : librarian, teacher - - |t James Baldwin : author, essayist, scholar - - |t Edward Bannister : artist - - |t Jean-Michel Basquiat : artist - - |t Romare Bearden : artist - - |t 1936 Berlin Olympics athletes : athletes - - |t Mary McLeod Bethune : educator, college founder/president - - |t Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, Ayọ Tometi : Black Lives Matter cofounders, activists - - |t Terence Blanchard : musician - - |t Guion Stewart Bluford : military pilot, astronaut - - |t J. Max Bond Jr. : architect - - |t Bronner Brothers : entrepreneurs - - |t LeRonn P. Brooks : curator, archivist - - |t Ralph Bunche : diplomat - - |t Tarana Burke : activist - - |t Octavia Butler : writer - - |t Cab Calloway : musician - - |t Steve Cannon : writer, publisher, mentor - - |t Johnnie Carr : activist - - |t Terri Lyne Carrington : musician - - |t Ben Carson : neurosurgeon, politician - - |t Ruth E. Carter : stylist, costume designer - - |t Charleston Caterers : chefs - - |t Leah Chase : chef, restaurateur - - |t Shirley Chisholm : activist, politician - - |t Kathleen Neal Cleaver : activist - - |t Mary Francis Hill Coley : midwife - - |t Kathleen Collins : playwright, writer, filmmaker - - |t John William Coltrane : musician - - |t Claudette Colvin : activist - - |t The Compton Cowboys : athletes - - |t Fanny Jackson Coppin : educator - - |t Hannah Crafts : writer - - |t Celia Cruz : musician - - |t Dorothy Dandridge : actor, performer - - |t Julie Dash : film director - - |t Charles Dawson : artist - - |t Daniel Day : entrepreneur, haberdasher - - |t Roy DeCarava : photographer - - |t Ruby Dee + Ossie Davis : actors, activists - - |t Thornton Dial : artist - - |t Emory Douglas : artist, graphic designer - - |t Frederick Douglass : activist, orator, statesman - - |t Paul Laurence Dunbar : writer, poet - - |t Katherine Dunham : choreographer, dancer - - |t Yla Eason : entrepreneur - - |t Lee Elder : athlete - - |t Francine Everett : actor, performer - - |t Abby Fisher : culinary guru - - |t John Stanley Ford : entrepreneur - - |t Aretha Franklin : musician, singer, songwriter - - |t Lenora Branch Fulani : activist, politician - - |t Althea Gibson : athlete - - |t Eloyce + James Gist : evangelicals, filmmakers - - |t Nathan "Nearest" Green : distiller - - |t Dick Gregory : comedian, writer, performer, activist - - |t Eliza Ann Grier : doctor - - |t Fannie Lou Hamer : activist, organizer - - |t Bethann Hardison : model, agent - - |t Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : poet, author, activist - - |t Dorothy Height : activist - - |t James Hemings : chef - - |t Juano Hernández : actor - - |t Anita Hill : lawyer, professor - - |t Gregory Hines : actor, activist, dancer, performer - - |t bell hooks : writer, activist, professor - - |t Lena Horne : singer, actor - - |t Langston Hughes : writer, poet - - |t Zora Neale Hurston : writer, playwright, anthropologist - - |t Amy Jacques Garvey : activist - - |t Judith Jamison : dancer, choreographer, executive director - - |t Baby Esther Jones : performer - - |t Bill T. Jones : dancer, choreographer, executive director - - |t Grace Jones : actor, performer, model - - |t Jackie Joyner-Kersee : athlete - - |t Colin Kaepernick : athlete, activist - - |t Henrietta Lacks : medical pioneer - - |t Jacob Lawrence : artist - - |t Edmonia Lewis : sculptor - - |t Edna Lewis : culinary guru - - |t John Lewis : activist, politician - - |t Alain LeRoy Locke : writer, activist, editor - - |t Audre Lorde : poet - - |t Haki Madhubuti : poet - - |t Annie Turnbo Malone : entrepreneur - - |t 54th Massechusetts Infantry : soldiers - - |t Oscar Micheaux : writer, producer - - |t Scipio Moorhead : artist - - |t Toni Morrison : author, editor - - |t Walter Mosley : author - - |t Archibald Motley Jr. : artist - - |t Diane Nash : activist - - |t Nicholas Brothers : choreographers, dancers - - |t Satchel Paige : athlete - - |t Suzan-Lori Parks : playwright - - |t Eva Jefferson Paterson : civil rights attorney, activist - - |t Leah Penniman : farmer, food-justice activist - - |t Renee Powell : athlete - - |t Harriet Powers : textile artist - - |t Richard Pryor : comedian, performer - - |t Dee Rees : filmmaker --Bass Reeves : lawman - - |t Faith Ringgold : artist - - |t Minnie Riperton ; singer, performer - - |t Paul Robeson : actor, performer, activist - - |t David Ruggles : abolitionist - - |t Patrice Rushen : musician, composer, musical director - - |t Jason Samuels Smith : dancer - - |t Augusta Savage : sculptor - - |t Gil Scott-Heron : musician, activist - - |t Amy Sherald : artist - - |t Nina Simone : musician, performer, songwriter - - |t Norma Merrick Sklarek : architect - - |t Moneta Sleet Jr. : photographer - - |t Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor : culinary guru - - |t Robert F. Smith : entrepreneur, philanthropist - - |t André Leon Talley : fashion muse - - |t Robert Robinson Taylor : architect - - |t Mary Church Terrell : activist - - |t Sister Rosetta Tharpe : musician - - |t Mickalene Thomas : artist - - |t Vivien Thomas : medical pioneer, surgeon - - |t Toni Tipton-Martin : culinary guru - - |t Kwame Ture : organizer, activist - - |t Morrie Turner : artist, cartoonist - - |t Melvin Van Peebles : writer, filmmaker, producer - - |t Sarah Vaughan : singer, performer - - |t Madam C.J. Walker : entrepreneur - - |t Maggie Lena Walker : activist, businesswoman - - |t Carrie Mae Weems : photographer - - |t Ida B. Wells : journalist, publisher, activist - - |t Charles White : artist - - |t Maurice White : musician - - |t Clarence "Cap" Wigington : architect - - |t Raven Wilkinson : dancer - - |t George Washington Williams : historian, soldier, minister - - |t Marie Selika Williams : opera singer - - |t Paul Revere Williams : architect - - |t Bradford Young : cinematographer, director - - |g Essayists. |r Marvin K. White ; |r Emil Wilbekin ; |r Bryant Terry ; |r Patrice Peck ; |r Oriana Koren. |
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