{"product_id":"illustrated-black-history-honoring-the-iconic-and-the-unseen-9780062913234","title":"Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom an award-winning graphic designer comes this gorgeous collection that celebrates African Americans and their contributions--many little known--to politics, science, literature, music, and other fields, complemented by stunning illustrations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustrated Black History\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive chronicle that spans many decades and fields, from activism, business, and medicine to technology, food, and entertainment. Each entry includes a stunning line drawing rendition of these extraordinary black men and women, and most notably the \"hidden figures\" who have contributed invaluably to American culture, along with an insightful essay summarizing each of their life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to towering figures, including Nina Simone, Frederick Douglass, Ava Duvernay, Martin Luther King, Jr, Ben Carson, Nat King Cole, Hattie McDaniel, Colin Kaepernick, James Baldwin, Octavia Butler, bell hooks, and Audre Lorde, Illustrated Black History honors heroes such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocumentarian Madeline Anderson, who produced \u003cem\u003eI Am Somebody\u003c\/em\u003e, a film about the 1969 strike of mostly women hospital workers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirginia Allen, of the Black Angels, a group of 300 nurses who risked their lives to care for patients with tuberculosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames and Eloyce Gist, whose traveling ministry crisscrossed America in the early 1900s Renaissance man, Paul Robeson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr. Eliza Ann Grier, who was born into slavery and became the first black woman to practice medicine in America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuion S. Bluford, the first black person to travel into space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClaudette Colvin, the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rosa Parks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe depth and breadth of African American history has always been integral, but has so often been excised from the official American narrative. With recent successes like \u003cem\u003eHidden Figures\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 project, this reading of history is beginning to receive its just due. Accessible and eye-opening, this beautiful, four-color book is a long-overdue homage to the contributions of African Americans and a celebration of the black experience that is sure to become a keepsake for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McCalman, George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062913234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 7.38w x 1.40d","brand":"George McCalman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32972970852427,"sku":"9780062913234","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a813b134-eae1-445a-be31-29b6fd99f6a2.jpg?v=1606343703","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/illustrated-black-history-honoring-the-iconic-and-the-unseen-9780062913234","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}