100 Amazing Facts About the Negro

In an homage to Joel Augustus Rogers' 1957 work, Henry Louis Gates Jr. relies on the latest scholarship to offer an overview of African, diasporic and African-American history in Q-and-A format, including such queries as: Who were Africa╞s first ambassadors to Europe?; Who was the first black president in North America?; Did Lincoln really free the slaves?; and more. (This book was listed in a previous issue of Forecast.)