This edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds.ĭocumenting the African American experience from the horrors of slavery through present-day victories, the book touches on the lives of people such as John Berry Meachum, a St. It has now been revised and updated by Kremer and Holland, incorporating the latest scholarship into its pages.
Holland, Missouri's Black Heritage remains the only book-length account of the rich and inspiring history of the state's African American population.
Originally written in 1980 by the late Lorenzo J.
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