Strong Men Keep Coming: The Book of African American Men
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TONYA BOLDEN is the acclaimed author/editor of ten books, including the bestselling 33 Things Every Girl Should Know, The Book of African American Women, Rites of Passage: Stories About Growing Up by Black Writers from Around the World, and And Not Afraid to Dare.
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FOREFATHERS.
Broteer: "Colonial John Henry."
Tom Molineaux: Boxer.
Abraham Camp: Would-be Emigrationist.
Ira Aldridge: Actor.
David Walker: Abolitionist.
Josiah Henson: The Uncle Tom Who Ran to Freedom.
James McCune Smith: Physician.
Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man.
James Boon: Contractor.
George Moses Horton: Poet.
Robert Smalls: Union Navy Hero.
George Washington: Town Founder.
Frederick Douglass: Activist.
SONS OF THE DAWN.
W. E. B. Du Bois: Activist-Scholar.
Booker T. Washington: Founder of Tuskegee Institute.
Roland Hayes: Concert Singer.
Carl Murphy: Newspaper Publisher.
Jackson Jordan, Jr.: A "Drylongso" Fellow.
Chester Himes: Writer.
Vernon Johns: Spiritual and Moral Leader.
Fred Hampton: Black Panther.
Arthur Ashe: Tennis Player.
Index.
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FOREFATHERS.
Broteer: "Colonial John Henry."
Tom Molineaux: Boxer.
Abraham Camp: Would-be Emigrationist.
Ira Aldridge: Actor.
David Walker: Abolitionist.
Josiah Henson: The Uncle Tom Who Ran to Freedom.
James McCune Smith: Physician.
Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man.
James Boon: Contractor.
George Moses Horton: Poet.
Robert Smalls: Union Navy Hero.
George Washington: Town Founder.
Frederick Douglass: Activist.
SONS OF THE DAWN.
W. E. B. Du Bois: Activist-Scholar.
Booker T. Washington: Founder of Tuskegee Institute.
Roland Hayes: Concert Singer.
Carl Murphy: Newspaper Publisher.
Jackson Jordan, Jr.: A "Drylongso" Fellow.
Chester Himes: Writer.
Vernon Johns: Spiritual and Moral Leader.
Fred Hampton: Black Panther.
Arthur Ashe: Tennis Player.
Index.
Permissions.
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"Bolden has assembled a most rewarding cast and done a splendid job of telling their stories."--Herb Boyd, coeditor, Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America
