World's Great Men of Color, Volume I

The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age.

World's Great Men of Color is the comprehensive guide to the most noteworthy Black personalities in world history and their significance. J.A. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black studies with his exhaustive research on the major names in Black history whose contributions or even very existence have been glossed over. Well-written and informative, World's Great Men of Color is an enlightening and important historical work.

Author: J. a. Rogers
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 01/23/1996
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780684815817
ISBN10: 0684815818
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Social Science | Black Studies (Global)

About the Author
J.A. Rogers was an anthropologist and historian whose pioneering work in Black Studies was little appreciated during his lifetime. Among his many books are "Superman to Man" and "Sex and Race. World's Great Men of Color" was completed in 1947 but was published only in a small private edition. This edition has been brought up to date with an introduction, commentaries, and bibliographical notes by John Henrik Clarke, editor of "Malcolm X: The Man and His Times" and "Harlem, U.S.A."