Black People Movie Treatment - Story idea

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Treatment

Black People

Based on the book by
Dr. Leroy Vaughn
Humanitarian, MD, MBA, Historian, Honorary Nigerian African Chief

A 7-part 2-hour per episode miniseries (or epic style movie) telling Black history from the perspectives of some of the places, people & angels, who shaped humanities reality.   Style Combination: Touched By An Angel- Roots – Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

As heroic Los Angeles radio and sports personality Brad Pye, Jr. said “If you really want to know about “Black People and Their Place in World History” then you should rush out and obtain a copy of Dr. Vaughn’s masterpiece before the sun goes down.”

BLACK People And Their Place in World History is available as paperback on Amazon and a $10 .pdf available on Lulu. 

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Story Genesis

There is an extraordinary book, BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY, which serves as the foundation for this treatment. The storyline, as you will read, is an enriching interaction between heroic figures and their attending angels.  What man calls race was simply the Lord’s by color coding system, which makes it easier to trace family lines within the human race.  Comical angels will explain the need. No other designation was intended as color is an easy to trace medium, like with eyes & hair.

This idea began with the dynamic work of Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA.  Vaughn’s passion for Black history spans the decades since the 60’s.  He is a humanitarian, an in demand public speaker and a respected authority on the subject. 

The articles that comprise the scenes of this story began as five-minute history lessons at the end of weekly newscasts on KPFK radio.  Subsequently, the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper agreed to publish these history articles weekly in a section entitled “Our African Heritage”

In the 90’s Lloyd Hardin said to me, his cousin Nayer, ‘Computer Underground Railroad! You have got to read Leroy’s Black history articles.’  The breath of the writings little known historic knowledge was overwhelming and uplifting at the same time.  The information revealed was biblical in scope and vastly different from what was taught in public schools.  We encouraged and helped him, along with many others among his family, friends, patients and others in the community, to self-publish his book, since the main stream media was clearly not ready for the material.  The book’s been uplifting folks since it’s publication in 2002 and is now in its 2^nd edition on Amazon & Lulu. 

I was twitting on Dr. Vaughn’s book and something told me to look up Della Reese, a woman I’ve said prayers for since she walked through a closed glass door…she’s still on my prayer roll. I promise I did not arrange for Dr. Vaughn’s practice and the Touched By An Angel star’s Up Church to be in the same town, Inglewood, California.  Coincidence is God working undercover and that coincidence got the wheels rolling.  Like the comic Nikki Carr on Martin Lawrence First Amendment Stand-Up says, ‘clues were everywhere’ that this is a project that needs to get done. 

This story is about overcoming through worse than now and still going forward.  The book is filled with stories of people of faith, courage, determination, and divine intervention passing for luck. One more leg of the mission work to use computers and other technology to help people be free.’  Like the TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, rather than a hundred, the piece sweeps thousands of years of an unforgettable journey of amazing accomplishments.

“Truth has a ring to it which is unmistakable to those in search of it” said the late physicist Bruce DePalma. This production is being designed to lift the audience’s souls with truth so undeniable, they can see similarities in their own lives.  We all have angels. The wisdom gained can help folks benefit greatly from the insight of the spiritual community as a dialogue source for the angels.  Additional storyline research is available from the books in the extensive bibliography. Yes this is a big task, and as you will read, worth the work. Let us know if you’d like to participate via the blog www.bpatpiwh.blogspot.com

Story Idea

“The Creator has a master plan” sings Pharaoh Sanders. Dr. Vaughn’s Black history book is an empowering, breathtaking sweep, a dynamic story that races audiences from ancient times to the middle of the 20^th Century.  The story concept is to bring the book to screen via a multi media presentation of Black history told from the perspective of our angels, including the times they stepped in (or did not) with graceful revelations, lessons for the ages, in the name of the Lord’s Love.  

The uplifting, dramatic production is styled as a combination of a powerfully honest Black history book, Black People And Their Place In World History ISBN:
0-9715920-0-4 (BPATPIWH) by Inglewood ophthalmologist Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA, and the successful television shows CBS’s Touched By An Angel + HBO’s Angels In America.  

The story begins with the dramatic Hubble telescope style animations of the creation of the universe, concluding with a band of angels suspended in space, looking over recently formed planet earth.  Since there were so few humans at the time, what is now considered race was simply a color coding system to keep track of family lines.

Like in the movie It’s A Wonderful Life, the angels are in conference with The Lord.  “8 billion people. Since all is equal in My Love, let’s see how they did by color code please.  Enough good people have chosen or are choosing good over evil which means they are ready to be one.” says The Lord.  So the angels tell and the programs dramatize their stories about the great people that they served, what they overcame, how angels delivered the grace at the needed moments in the progression of history. This is a story of biblical dynamics, human grit and divine intervention, beginning with the original people, Black people, starting in ancient times.

The chapters in BPATPIWH are each program and the sub-chapters are story lines in the production.  Of course, each sub-chapter can be its own 2 hour episode, budget and time allowing. By nature the series includes other races too and other race series are possible with a final combination, like the Conversations with God series, putting the wisdom found in the work to use now and in the future.  This is the Promised Land.

Each section is being constructed with key scenes of empowerment, excitement and salvation.  Many ‘Oh God, what am I gonna do now?’(“I can’t wait to see how God is going to fix this mess”)…short story divine intervention moments. The music should be constructed as a stand alone adventure in sound and vibrations.  Contemporary (Black Nationalism), African (i.e. Black Popes), jazz and blues (Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday at the end of the Lynching section), underscore the complex emotions and struggles dynamically overcome, like the section on the first woman Pharaoh, Hatshepsut in an overview of what she went through.  The story is a fast paced journey of a race of people overcoming impossible odds, pressing forward to this, today, the Promised Land, standing equal as a contributing force.

BPATPIWH’s publisher J. Nayer Hardin, founder of and a conductor on the Computer Underground Railroad, a cyber division of the original, is the projects Executive Producer.  BPATPIWH’s book rights are 100% held by Dr. Leroy Vaughn. This idea is in its founding stages so raising capital is the next step for this copy written work under Moses, A Movement To Freedom. PAu2-759-072  A third edition of the book will be released concurrent (within a marketing plan) with the mini-series (movie?).

The book – Table Of Contents

ANCIENT PERIOD

      WHO CREATED CIVILIZATION?

      HATSHEPSUT

      BLACK EGYPTIANS

      ANCIENT NUBIAN BLACKS IN AMERICA

      BLACK MULTI - GENIUSES

      HANNIBAL: AFRICAN MILITARY GEIUS

AFTER CHRIST

      WHO ARE THE DOGON?

      GREAT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS

      THE MOORS

      BLACK POPES

      AFRICAN MEDICINE

      THE BLACK MADONNA

      CHRISTMAS PAGANISM

AFTER 1492

      CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

      BLACK INDIANS

      LORD DUNMORE’S ETHIOPIAN REGIMENT

      COLUMBUS vs. BELGIUM KING LEOPOLD II

      BLACKS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

      AFRICAN WARRIOR
QUEEN NZINGA

	Each Chapter is an act Each sub chapter an episode or storyline Open & end with Divinity scenes Scenes populated with historic &/or angelic characters. Revelation through drama & angelic commentary. Accompanying band of angels from  demographically correct heaven. Of course the series could also be done as a documentary, History Channel tv series.

AFTER 1776

      SLAVE CHILDREN OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

      PAUL CUFFEE

      DAVID WALKER

      RICHARD ALLEN
AND THE A. M. E. CHURCH

      WAR OF 1812

      THE JOHN BROWN TEST

      BLACK PEOPLE
OF THE OLD WEST

      BLACK WOMEN
OF THE OLD WEST

      AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CIVIL WAR

AFTER 1865 125

      BLACK COWBOYS

      THE BLACK STATUE
OF LIBERTY

      LYNCHING

      FIVE BLACK PRESIDENTS

      BLACK INVENTORS

      WEST POINT ACADEMY AND BLACK CADETS

      BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS AND BLACK SOLDIERS

20TH CENTURY

      BLACK SCIENTISTS

      THE BLACK
(NEGRO) WALL STREET

      MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY

      ARTHUR ALFONSO SCHOMBURG

      DR. CARTER GOODWIN WOODSON

      BLACKS IN THE MILITARY

      WORLD WAR II ATROCITIES

      BLACK NATIONALISM

Leroy William Vaughn M.D., M.B.A., Historian & Honorary Nigerian African Chief is not only one of the world’s renowned ophthalmologists, but also one of the leading authorities on Black history. Basketball is Michael Jordan’s game. Black history and ophthalmology are Dr. Vaughn’s games. Dr. Vaughn’s medical credentials and expertise as a diabetic eye specialist and as a remarkable surgeon make him one of the leading practitioners in his field. His knowledge as an historian is equally as outstanding.

Dr. Vaughn’s patients swear by him for his medical skills. Historians marvel at him because of his talents as a researcher and writer on the subject of Black history. As a lecturer, he’s one of the most in-demand speakers in the nation. Like magic, Dr. Vaughn can rattle off facts on Black history like an orator recites a speech he has practiced on delivering for days. When it comes to reciting the roles Black people have played in world history, Dr. Vaughn has dazzled some of the most learned minds in America.

Confirmation of this fact can be found on the pages of this in-depth study on the subject. For instance, did you know that a Black man with only a sixth grade education named Garrett Morgan (1875-1963) invented the first traffic signal, the gas mask, and marketed the G. A. Morgan Refining Cream, which was the first hair straightening product?

Did you know that Garrett Morgan made so much money from his hair cream that he was able to purchase an automobile? In fact, traffic congestion while driving his new car was motivation for Morgan’s traffic signal invention.

Did you know that in 1721 an African slave named Onesimus taught his “master” the age-old African technique for smallpox inoculation in which a pustule from an infected person was ruptured with a thorn and then used to puncture the skin of a normal person?

Did anyone ever tell you that the original Haitians were called the Arawaks or Tainos before Christopher Columbus and that they were very generous and could swim long distances? Did you know that George Franklin Grant, a Black man, invented the golf tee in 1898 and patented it a year later? Grant, one of the first two African American graduates of the Harvard Dental School, took a liking to golf. He invented the golf tee because he didn’t like the way golfers had to mix dirt and water to make a mud mound for teeing off. Did anyone ever tell you that a Black man named John Lee Love invented the Love Pencil Sharpener in 1897, the kind most first-graders take to school today?

Did anyone ever tell you that Dr. Charles Richard Drew was the discoverer of successful blood plasma storage techniques that made blood banks possible? In 1941, the American Red Cross appointed Dr. Drew as the director of its first blood bank. Did anyone ever tell you that the collective contributions of Black Americans to science is so extensive that it is not possible to live a full day in any part of the United States, or the world for that matter, without sharing in the benefits of their contributions in such fields as: biology, chemistry, physics, space and nuclear science? Well, if you didn’t know these things, then keep on reading, and Dr. Vaughn will tell you about these and hundreds of other facts about Black history.

Other inventions patented by African Americans include the folding lawn chair, the doorstop, the ironing board with collapsible legs, and the bottle cap. In fact, there’s a long list of inventions made by Blacks during an age dominated by Whites. If Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Elgin Baylor had been born in the 18^th or 19th century, we would never have known their names because of the concerted effort not to acknowledge the accomplishments of Black people.

Dr. Vaughn didn’t just decide to write a book on Black history. This has been his passion and his life’s mission! Academically, Dr. Vaughn has the knowledge and the talents to make his life’s work a reality on the pages of this book. Dr. Vaughn was rooted and grounded in Black history as a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1969 after a two-year premedical study tour at the University of Vienna in Austria. In addition to Dr. Vaughn, Morehouse College has produced some of the most prominent and learned scholars in the world including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, and Dr. Charles Finch. Dr. Benjamin Mays, one of the world’s most noted educators and a mentor to Dr. King, was president of Morehouse College from 1950 until 1967, and set an extremely high standard for all Morehouse graduates.

Medically speaking, Dr. Vaughn is tops in his field. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he also received the Franklin C. McClain Award in 1972 as the most outstanding Black medical student in the nation. He interned at the Department of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC, and completed his ophthalmology fellowship and research training at Harvard University’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital in 1979. Dr. Vaughn was certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1978 after scoring in the top three percentile nationally on the written examination. Moreover, he was named as an Associate Examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology’s oral examinations in 1984.

In addition to a brilliant scholar, Dr. Vaughn is also a community leader. For giving his time and his talents to the community, he was honored by the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, the State of California, and the Aesculapian Honorary Society et al.

Dr. Vaughn’s book should not only be required reading for Blacks, but for all people. Most of society still believes what historian Arnold Toynbee wrote in his 1934 history book: “It will be seen that when we classify mankind by color, the only primary race that has not made a creative contribution to any civilization is the Black race.” Dr. Vaughn sets the record straight on this lie and on so many other untruths about Black history. Vernon E. Jordan better known as a civil rights fighter, businessman, lawyer, and “first friend” of President Bill Clinton vividly illustrates the essence of Dr. Vaughn’s book when he wrote in his book entitled “Vernon Can Read! A Memoir:” “Black people have done wonderful things for this country (saved its soul, in fact), and we have been an example to the world in the process. That should never be forgotten, even as we continue to press ahead, in our many and varied ways, toward our future. If we did so much when we had so little, think of what we can do now that we have so much more.”

Covered in Dr. Vaughn’s book are the Ancient Period, After Christ, After 1492 (Columbus), After 1776 (Independence), After 1865 (slavery), and After 1900 (20^th Century). If you really want to know about “Black People and Their Place in World History” then you should rush out and obtain a copy of Dr. Vaughn’s masterpiece before the sun goes down.

By:

BRAD PYE, JR.

Formerly (for thirty years): Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper’s Sports Editor, Sports

Director for KGFJ, KACE, KJLH, and KDAY radio stations.

Currently Brad Pye, Jr. is sports columnist for the following publications:
Los Angeles Watts Times, Compton Bulletin, Inglewood Today and Inland News

Text From BPATPIWH – Pages 140-143 (minus photographs) – Youtube Reading

5 Black Presidents

Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting that at least five former presidents of the United States had Black people among their ancestors. If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country, and that the rape and impregnation of an African female slave was not considered a crime, it is even more surprising that these two authors could not document Black ancestors among an ever larger number of former presidents. The presidents they name include Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

The best case for Black ancestry is against Warren G. Harding, our 29th president from 1921 until 1923. Harding himself never denied his ancestry. When Republican leaders called on Harding to deny the "Negro" history, he said, "How should I know whether or not one of my ancestors might have jumped the fence." William Chancellor, a White professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy and identified Black ancestors among both parents of President Harding. Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book. Chancellor also said that Harding's only academic credentials included education at Iberia College, which was founded in order to educate fugitive slaves.

Andrew Jackson was our 7th president from 1829 to 1837. The Virginia Magazine of History, Volume 29, says that Jackson was the son of a White woman from Ireland who had intermarried with a Negro. The magazine also said that his eldest brother had been sold as a slave in Carolina. Joel Rogers says that Andrew Jackson Sr. died long before President Andrew Jackson Jr. was born. He says the president's mother then went to live on the Crawford farm where there were Negro slaves and that one of these men was Andrew Jr.'s father. Another account of the "brother sold into slavery” story can be found in David Coyle's book entitled "Ordeal of the Presidency" (1960).

Thomas Jefferson was our 3rd president from 1801 to 1809. The chief attack on Jefferson was in a book written by Thomas Hazard in 1867 called "The Johnny Cake Papers." Hazard interviewed Paris Gardiner, who said he was present during the 1796 presidential campaign, when one speaker states that Thomas Jefferson was “a mean-spirited son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father.” In his book entitled "The Slave Children of Thomas Jefferson," Samuel Sloan wrote that Jefferson destroyed all of the papers, portraits, and personal effects of his mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, when she died on March 31, 1776. He even wrote letters to every person who had ever received a letter from his mother, asking them to return that letter. Sloan says, "There is something strange and even psychopathic about the lengths to which Thomas Jefferson went to destroy all remembrances of his mother, while saving over 18,000 copies of his own letters and other documents for posterity." One must ask, "What is it he was trying to hide?"

Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president from 1861 to 1865. J. A. Rogers quotes Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, as saying that Abraham Lincoln was the illegitimate son of an African man. William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, said that Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and that his mother was from an Ethiopian tribe.

In Herndon's book entitled "The Hidden Lincoln" he says that Thomas Lincoln could not have been Abraham Lincoln's father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and was later castrated. Lincoln's presidential opponents made cartoon drawings depicting him as a Negro and nicknamed him “Abraham Africanus the First."

Calvin Coolidge was our 30th president, and he succeeded Warren Harding. He proudly admitted that his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. However, Dr. Bakhufu says that by 1800 the New England Indian was hardly any longer pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with Blacks. Calvin Coolidge's mother's maiden name was "Moor." In Europe the name "Moor" was given to all Black people just as the name Negro was used in America.

All of the presidents mentioned were able to pass for White and never acknowledged their Black ancestry. Millions of other children who were descendants of former slaves have also been able to pass for White. American society has had so much interracial mixing that books such as “The Bell Curve” discussing IQ evaluations based solely on race, are totally unrealistic.

BPATPIWH Linkable to Amazon where possible Bibliography 

Additional Research For Stories

WHO CREATED CIVILIZATION

Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1970) African Origins of the Major Western Religion, Baltimore Black Classic
Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1988) Africa: Mother of Western Civilization. Baltimore, MD
Browder, A. (1992) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization. Wash., D.C.: Institute of Karmic Guidance.
Budge, E. A. (1967) The Egyptian Book of the Dead, New York: Dover Publications
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization.: Myth or Reality. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill & Co.
Finch, C. (1990) The African Background to Medical Science. London, U.K. Billing and Sons Ltd.
Finch. C. (1991) Echoes of the Old Darkland, Decatur, Georgia; Khenti, Inc.
Haldeman, H. (1994) The Halderman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House, NY: Berkley Pub. Gr.
James, G. (1954) Stolen Legacy. San Francisco: Julian Richardson.
Khamit-Kush, I. (1983) What They Never Told You In History Class. Bronx, NY: Luxorr Publications.
Massey, G. (1970) Ancient Egypt; New York: Samuel Weiser.
Massey, G. (1983) Natural Genesis: London: Williams and Northgate.
Rogers, J. (1991) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books.

HATSHEPSUT

Breasted, J. (1937) A History of Egypt. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Cottrell, L. (1961) The Lost Pharaohs, New York: The University Library
Diop, CA (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: Chicago: Third World Press.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Montet, P. (1964) Eternal Egypt. New York: The New American Library
Murnana, W. (1977) Ancient Egyptian Coregencies. Chicago: Oriental Inst. of the University of Chicago.
Murray, M. (1963) The Splendor That Was Egypt. New York: Hawthorne Books
Redford, D. (1967) History & Chronology of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Toronto. Univ. of Toronto Press
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Collier Books.
Romer, J. (1981) Valley of the Kings, New York: William Morrow and Co.
Sewell, B. (1968) Egypt Under the Pharaohs. New York: G. P Putnam’s Sons.
Sweetman, D. (1984) Women Leaders in African History. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1988) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, New Jersey; Transaction Publishers.
Wells, E. (1969) Hatshepsut. New York: Doubleday and Co.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press

BLACK EGYPTIANS

Bernal, M. (1987) Black Athena. London: Free Association Books
Diop, C.A. (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa.Chicago: Third World Press
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Westport CT: Lawrence Hill & Co.
Diop, C.A. (1981) “Origin of the Ancient Egyptians” in Mokhtar, G. (ed.) Gen. History of Africa. Univ. of CA Pr.
Diop, C.A. (1991) Civilization or Barbarism. Westport Connecticut: Lawrence Hill and Co.
Greenburg, J. H. (1963) The Languages of Africa.Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Press.
Herodotus. (1983) The Histories. Middlesex, U.K.: Penguin Books
James, G. (1954) Stolen Legacy, San Francisco: Julian Richardson
Massey, G. (1970) Ancient Egypt. New York: Samuel Weiser
Massey, G. (1983) Natural Genesis. London Williams and Norgate.
St. Clair, D. (1987) Black Folk Here and There, Los Angeles; UCLA.
Van Sertima, I. (ed. (1986) Great African Thinkers, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1989) Egypt Revisited. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

ANCIENT BLACK NUBIANS IN AMERICA

Dee Roo, P. (1900) History of America Before Columbus.Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ:Africa World Press.
Irwin, C. (1963) Fair Gods, and Stone Faces. New York: St. Martin’s Press
Jairazbhoy, R. A. (1974) Ancient Egyptians and Chinese In America. New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield.
Jairazbhoy, R. A. (1992) Rameses III: Father of Ancient America. Chicago: Frontline International.
Nettleford, R. & Hyatt, V. (eds.)(1995) Race, Discourse & Origin of the Americas. Wash., D. C. Smith. Inst. Pr.
Peterson, F. (1959) Ancient Mexico. New York: Putnam and Sons.
Van Sertima, I. (1977) They Came Before Columbus. New York: Random House.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1992) African Presence In Early America. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Von Wuthenau, A. (1975) Unexpected Faces in Ancient America. New York: Crown Publishers.
Von Wuthennau, A. (1969) Art of Terracotta Pottery in Pre-Columbian South & Central Am. NY: Crown.
Wiener, L. (1922) Africa and the Discovery of America. Philadelphia: Innes and Sons.

BLACK MULTI-GENIUSES

Stetter, C. (1993) Secret Medicine of the Pharaohs. Carol Streams, Illinois: Quintessence Publishing
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1986) Great African Thinkers. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.
Diop, C.A. (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa. Chicago: Third World Press
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Westport CT: Lawrence Hill Co.
Diop, C.A. (1991 Civilization or Barbarism. Westport Connecticut: Lawrence Hill and Co.
Diop, C.A. Origin of the Ancient Egyptians in Mokhtar, Gen. History of Africa. Berkeley: Univ. of CA Pr.
Finch. C. (1990) African Background to Medical Science. London, U.K.: Billing and sons Ltd., Worcester.
Hayden, R. (1992) 7 African American Scientists. Frederick, Maryland: Twenty-First Century Books.
Hurry, J. (1987) Imhotep: The Egyptian God of Medicine. Chicago: Ares Publishers Inc.
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Collier Books.
Rogers, J. A. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Sally, C. (1993) The Black 100. New York:
Carol Publishing Group.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) )1991) Blacks In Science, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

HANNIBAL AFRICAN MILITARY GENIUS

Arnold, T. (1886) The Second Punic War. London: Macmillan and Co.
Baker, G. (1929) Hannibal. New York: Dodd Meade.
Cottrell, L. (1988) Hannibal: Enemy of Rome. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc.
De Beer, G. (1959) Alps and Elephants: Hannibal’s March.New York: Dutton.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Gilbert, C. (1968) Life and Death of Carthage. New York: Tapinger.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. G. (1970) Introduction to African Civilizations. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Lamb, H. (1958) Hannibal: One Man Against Rome. New York: Doubleday.
Law, W. (1866) The Alps of Hannibal. London: Macmillan and Co.
Liddell, H. (1926) Greater Than Napoleon - Scipio Africanus. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Collier Books
Van Sertima, I (ed.) (1986) Great African Thinkers. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

WHO ARE THE DOGON

Charroux, R. (1972) The Mysterious Unknown. London: Neville Spearman
Finch, C. (1998) The Star of Deep Beginnings. Decatur, Georgia: Khenti, Inc.
Ford, D. (1954) African Worlds. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.
Griaule, M., Dieterlen, G. (1986) The Pale Fox. Afrikan World Book Distributor
Hawking, S. (1990) A Brief History of Time, New York: Bantam Books
Michanowsky, G. (1977) The Once and Future Star. New York: Hawthorn.
Rawlinson, G. (1885) Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. New York: John B. Alden.
Smoot, G. & Davidson, K. (1993) Wrinkles in Time, New York: Avon Books.
Temple, R. (1976) The Sirius Mysteries. New York: St. Martins Press, Inc.
Tompkins, P. (1978) Secrets of the Great Pyramid. New York: Harper Colophon Edition.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books.
Wolf, F. (1988) Parallel Universes. New York: Simon and Shuster.

GREAT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS

Brooks, L. (1971) African Achievements. Stamford, CT: De Gustibus Press.
Chu, D. & Skinner, E. (1990) A Glorious Age In Africa: Story of 3 Great African Empires. Trenton, NJ
Davidson, B. (1959) The Lost Cities of Africa. Boston: Little-Brown.
Davidson, B. (1964) The African Past. Boston: Little-Brown.
Davidson, B. (1965) A History of West Africa. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Dobbler, L. & Brown, W. (1965) Great Rulers of the African Past. New York: Doubleday.
Drachler, J. African Heritage. New York: Collier Books.
Hyman. M. 1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. (1990) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Motley, M. (1969) Africa: Its Empires, Nations, and People. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Robinson, C., Battle, R., & Robinson, E. (1987) Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press.
Rogers, J. A. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Macmillian Publishing Co.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization, Chicago: Third World Press.

THE MOORS

Bennett, N. (1975) Africa and Europe. New York: Africana Publishing Co.
Bovill, E. (1970) The Golden Trade of the Moors. London: Oxford University Press.
Davidson, B. (1971) Discovering Our African Heritage.Boston: Ginn & Co.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Jackson, J. (1990) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Lane-Poole, S. (1990) The Story of the Moors in Spain. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Rogers, J. A. (1968) Sex and Race. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Rogers, J. A. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Scobie, E. (1994) Global African Presence, New York: A & B Books Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Moorish Conquest of Europe.New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
Williams, C. (1976) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press.
Windsor, R. (1969) From Babylon to Timbuktu. New York: Exposition Press.
Woodson, C. (1939) African Heroes and Heroines. Washington, EC: Associated Publishers.

BLACK POPES

Brusher, J. (1959) Popes Through the Ages. Princeton.
Holtzclaw, R. (1980) The Saints Go Marching In. Keeble Press Inc.
Khamit-Kush, I. (1983) What They Never Told You in History Class. Bronx, NY: Luxorr Publications.
Loomis, L. R. (1916) Book of the Popes, New York.
Ottley, R. (1952) No Green Pastures, London: John Murray
Scobie, E. (1994) Global Afrikan Presence. New York: A & B Books Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1993) African Presence in Early Europe. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 

AFRICAN MEDICINE

Brothwell, D. & Sandison, A. (eds.) (1967) Disease In Antiquity. Springfield, MA: Charles C. Thomas.
Bryant, A. (1966) Zulu Medicine and Medicine-Men, Cape Town: C. Struik.
Finch, C. (1992) Africa and the Birth of Science and Technology. Decatur, FA: Khenti Inc.
Finch, C., (1990) The African Background to Medical Science. London, UK: Billing and Sons Ltd.
Harley, G. (1970) Native African Medicine. London: Frank Cass.
Imperato, P. (1979) African Folk Medicine. Baltimore, York Press. Johnston, H. (1902) The Uganda Protectorate. London: Hutchison & Co.
Osler, W. (1982) The Evolution of Modern Medicine. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library.
Pankhurst, R. (1990) The Medical History of Ethiopia. Trenton, New Jersey.
Rogers, J. (1991) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Sofowara, A. (1982) Medicinal Plants & Traditional Medicine in Africa. NY: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Stetter, C. (1993) The Secret Medicine of the Pharaohs, Trenton, New Jersey: Red Sea Press.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Brooks.
Zaslavsky, C. (1973) Africa Counts. Westport: Lawrence Hill & Co.

THE BLACK MADONNA

Begg, E. (1985) The Cult of the Black Virgin. New York: Penguin Books.
Budge, E. (1969) The Gods of the Egyptians. New York: Dover.
Doane, T. W. (1882) Bible Myths. New York: Truth Seeker Co.
Grabar, A. (1968) Christian Iconography. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jameson, M. (1876) Legends of the Madonna. Boston: Osgood and Co.
MacQuitty, W. (1976) Island of Isis. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Morey, C.R. (1958) Christian Art. New York: Norton.
Patrick R. (1972) Egyptian Mythology. London: Octopus Books.
Rogers, J. A. (1967) Sex and Race. New York: Helga Rogers Publishing
Snowden, F. (1970) Blacks in Antiquity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Van Der Merr, F. (1967) Early Christian Art. Chicago:University of Chicago Press.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1984) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Witt, R. (1971) Isis in the Graeco-Roman World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell.

CHRISTMAS PAGANISM

Anyike, J. (1994) Historical Christianity African Centered. Chicago: Winston-Derek Publishers Group Inc.
Barashango, I. (1983) African People & European Holidays. Silver Spr., MD: 4th Dyn. Pub.Co.
Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1970 African Origins of the Major Western Religions. Balt., MD: Black Classic Press.
Churchward, A. The Origin and Evolution of Religion. Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing Co.
Conzelmann. H. (1973) History of Primitive Christianity. New York: Abingdon Press.
Doane, T. W. (1882) Bible Myths. New York: Truth Seeker Co.
Graham, L. (1975) Deceptions and Myths of the Bible. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Graves, K. (1991) The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors. New York: The Cleage Group.
Higgins, G. (1927) Anacalypsis. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books Inc.
Jackson, J. G. (1972) Man, God and Civilization. New York: University Books, Inc.
Massey, G. (1992) The Historical Jesus and the Mythical Christ. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books Publishing.
Shabazz, I. A. (1990) Symbolism, Holidays, Myths and Signs.Jersey City: New Mind Productions
Tardo, R. K. The Shocking Truth About Christmas. Arabi,Louisiana: Faithful World Publications.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Blant, J. M. (1992) 1492: Debate on Colonialism, Eurocenterism & Hist. Trenton, NJ: African World Press
Bradley, M. (1992) The Columbus Conspiracy. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Carew, J. (1988) Fulcrums of Change. Trenton, NJ: African World Press.
Carew, J. (1994) Rape of Paradise. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books
Cohen, J. M. (ed.) (1976) Native Population of the Americas in 1492. Madison: University of Wisc. Press.
Konig, H. (1991) Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Mahtown, P. (1992) Columbus: Sinking the Myth. New York: World View Forum.
Nash, G. (1970) Red, White, and Black: The People of Early America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
Williams, E. (1970) From Columbus to Castro. New York: Vintage Books.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial.

BLACK INDIANS

Albers, J. (1975) Interaction of Color. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Amos, A. & Senter, T. (eds.) 1996) The Black Seminoles. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Bailey, L. (1966) Indian Slave Trade in the Southwest, Los Angeles: Westernlore.
Bemrose, J. (1966) Reminiscences of the Second Seminole War. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Boxer, F. (1963) Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire 1415-1825. Oxford: Claredon Press.
Browser, F. (1974) The African Slave in Colonial Peru, 1524-1650. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Cohen, D. & Greene, J. (eds.) Neither Slave nor Free.. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins.
Covington, J. (1982) Billy Bowlegs War: The Final Stand of the Seminoles.. Cluluota, FL. Mickler House.
Craven, W. (1971) White, Red, & Black: The 17th Cent. Virginian. Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press.
Forbes, J. (1964) The Indian in America’s Past. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
Forbes, J. (1993) Africans and Native Americans. Chicago: University of Illinois.
Katz, Loren (1986) Black Indians. New York Macmillan Publishing Co.
Nash, G. (1970) Red, White, and Black: The People of Early America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

LORD DUNMORE’S ETHIOPIAN REGIMENT

Aptheker, H. (1940) The Negro in the American Revolution.New York.
Armstrong, M. (1948) The Great Awakening in Nova Scotia, 1766-1809. Hartford.
Banton, M. (1957) West African City: A Study of Tribal Life in Freetown. London.
Beck, M. (1957) The Government of Nova Scotia. Toronto.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York.
Butt-Thompson, F. (1926) Sierra Leone in History and Tradition. London.
Clairmont, D. (1970) Nova Scotian Blacks: An Historical and Structural Overview. Halifax.
Clendenen, C. & Duigan, P. (1964) Americans in Black Africa up to 1865. Stanford.
Crooks, J. (1903) A History of the Colony of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dublin.
Davis, D. (1966) The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture. New York.
Elkins, S. (1959) Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life. New York.
Franklin, J. (1969) From Slavery to Freedom. New York.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America, St. Petersburg, FL.
Walker, J. (1992) The Black Loyalists. Toronto.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS VS BELGIUM KING LEOPOLD II

Anstey, R. (1966) King Leopold’s Legacy: Congo Under Belgian Rule 1908-1960. London: Oxford Univ. Pr.
Bauer, L. (1935) Leopold the Unloved: King of the Belgians and of Wealth. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Blant, J. M. (1992) 1492: Debate on Colonialism, Eurocenterism and Hist. Trenton, NJ: African World Pr.
Bradley, M. (1992) The Columbus Conspiracy. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Carew, J. (1994) Rape of Paradise. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Cohen, J. M. (ed.) (1969) Christopher Columbus: The Four Voyages. London: Penguin Books.
De Las Casas, B. (1971) History of the Indies. New York: Harper and Row.
Emerson, B. (1979) Leopold II of the Belgiums: King of Colonialism. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson.
Fetter, B. (1983) Colonial Rule and Regional Imbalance in Central Africa. Boulder, Co: Westview
Gann, L. & Duignan, P. (1979) Rulers of Belgium Africa 1884 - 1914. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Hochschild, A. (1998) King Leopold’s Ghost. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.

BLACKS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Aptheker, H. (1974) Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Pr.
Bailyn, B. & Garrett, N. (eds.) (1965) Pamphlets of the Am. Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Pr.
Becker C. (1958) Declaration of Ind.: A Study in the History of Political Ideas. NY: Random House.
Degler, C(1970) Out of Our Past. NY: Harper& Row.
Hill, C. (1964) Puritanism and Revolution. New York: Schocken.
Kurtz, S. & Hutson, J. (eds.) Essays on the American Revolution. Chapel Hill: University of NC
Lynd, S. (1967) Class Conflict, Slavery, and the Constitution. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
Maier, P. (1972) From Resistance to Revolution.., 1765-1776. New York: Knopf.
Shy, J. (1976) A People Numerous & Armed.. New York: Oxford University Press.
Smith, P. (1976) A New Age Now Begins: A People’s History of the Am. Revolution. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Young, A. (ed.) (1976) The American Revolution…DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial.

AFRICAN WARRIOR QUEEN NZINGA

Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. (1970) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Robinson, C. & Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press.
Rogers, J. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Sweetman, D. (1971) Queen Nzinga. London: Longman.
Sweetman, D. (1984) Women Leaders in African History. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
Van Sertima, I. (1988) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press.
Woodson, C. (1969) African Heroes and Heroines. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers Inc.

SLAVE CHILDREN OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

Adler, D. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: Father of Our Democracy. New York: Holiday House.
Bakhufu, A. (1993) The Six Black Presidents. Washington, D.C.: PIK2 Publications.
Bear, J. & Betts, E. (1987) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, University Press of Virginia.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Brodie, F. (1974) Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Erickson, E. (1974) Dimensions of a New Identity: JeffersonLectures. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Jefferson, I. (1951) Memoirs of a Monticello Slave.University of Virginia
Kane, J. (1981) Facts About the Presidents: From Geo. Wash. to Ronald Reagan. NY: H. W. Wilson Co.
Malone, D. (1981) Jefferson and His Times: The Sage ofMonticello. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mapp, A. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity: New York: Madison Books.
Reuter, E. (1969) The Mulatto in the United States. Haskell House.
Sloan, S. (1992) The Slave Children of Thomas Jefferson. Berkeley: The Orsden Press.
Sullivan, M. (1991) Presidential Passions: Love Affairs of Am’s Pres. - Wash. - John. NY: Shapolsky Pub.
Tinsell, C. (1964) The Secret Loves of the Founding Fathers.New York: Devin-Adair Co.

PAUL CUFFEE

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Al-Mansour, K. (1993) Betrayal by Any Other Name. San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US: NY: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Aptheker, H. (1968) To Be Free. New York: International Publishers
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Ams. Nzzzzy: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Karenga, M. (1993) Introduction to Black Studies. Los Angeles: The University of Sandore Press.
Litwack, L. & Meier, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the 19th Century. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America New York: Neal Schuman Publishers.
McIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Queens, NY: Kayode Publications.

DAVID WALKER

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Al-Mansour, K. (1993) Betrayal by Any Other Name. San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. NY: Citadel Press.
Aptheker, H. (1968) To Be Free. New York: International Publishers.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Litwack, L. & Meier, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neil Schuman Publishers.
McIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Queens, NY: Kayode
Publications
Sally C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Wiltse, C (ed.) (1965) David Walker’s Appeal. New York: Hill & Wang.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.

RICHARD ALLEN AND THE A. M. E. CHURCH

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co., Inc.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana, New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. NY: Citidel Press.
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Ams. NY: Macmillan Pub.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
Handy, J. (1902) Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History. Philadelphia: A. M. E. Book Concern.
Litwack, L. & Meter, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the 19th Century. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neil Schuman Publishers.
MyIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery.
Sally, C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Wesley, C. (1935) Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom. Washington, DC.

WAR OF 1812

Donaldson, G. (1991) History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL. Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the US Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
McConnell, R. (1968) Negro Troops of Antebellum Louisiana.. Baton Rouge, LA: LA State Univ. Press.
Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers Black Sailors Black Ink….. Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing
Wilson, J. (1977) The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier ... Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

JOHN BROWN TEST

Aaron, D. (1973) The Unwritten War. New York: Oxford University Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. New York: Citadel Press.
Aptheker, H. (1969) American Negro Slave Revolts, New York: International Publishers.
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (eds.) (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of Afr. Ams. NY Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
DuBois, W. (1972) John Brown - New York: International Publishers.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans, NY Alfred A. Knopf.
Loewen, J. (1995) Lies My Teacher Told Me, New York: Simon & Schuster.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers.
Oates, S. (1970) To Purge This Land With Blood. New York: Harper & Row.
Scheidenhelm, R. (ed.) (1972) The Response to John Brown.Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Stavis, B. (1970) John Brown: The Sword and the Word. New York: A.S. Barnes.
Warch, R & Fanton, J. (eds.) John Brown. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York HarperCollins Publishers.

BLACK PEOPLE OF THE OLD WEST

Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. New York: Citadel Press.
Beasley, D. (1919) The Negro Trail Blazer of CA, Los Angeles: Times Mirror Printing and Binding House.
Billington, M. & Hardaway, R. (eds.) (1998) African Ams. on the West. Front. Niwot, CO: Univ. Pr. of CO
Graebner, N. (ed.) 1968) Manifest Destiny. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
Jay, W. (1849) A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War. Boston: B. B. Mussey & Co.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Lapp, R. (1977) Blacks in Gold Rush California. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1997) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience.. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.
Schroeder, J. (1973) Mr. Polk’s War: Am. Opposition and Dissent 1846-1848. Madison: Univ. of WI Press.
Smith, G. & Judah, C. (eds.) (1966) Chron. of the Gringos: U. S Army ... 1846-1848. Albuq.: Univ. of WI Pr.

BLACK WOMEN OF THE OLD WEST

Billington, M & Hardaway, E. (eds.) (1998) African Ams on the West. Front. Niwot, CO: Univ. Pr. of CO.
Bruyn, K. (1970) Aunt Clara Brown: Story of a Black Pioneer - Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co.
James, E. & James J. (eds.) (1971) Notable American Women. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Lerner, G. (1979) The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History. NY: Oxford University Press.
Myres, S. (1982) Westering Women: The Frontier Experience. 1880-1915. Albuquerque: Univ. of NM Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1977) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience….Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Riley, G. (1981) Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.
Sterling, D. (1984) We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the 19^th Century. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
Thompson, E. (1986) American Daughter. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CIVIL WAR

Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973.Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the United States Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of IL Press.
Lanning. M. (1977) African-Am. Soldier from Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub.
McConnell, R. (1968) Negro Troops of Antebellum Louisiana:.. Baton Rouge, LA: LA State Univ. Press.
Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink: Research Guide…….
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. NY: Free Press.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Wilson, J. (1977) Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier ... 1775-1812, 1861-1865. NY: Arno Pr
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers

BLACK COWBOYS

Abbott, E. & Smith, H. (1939) We Pointed Them North: Recs. of a Cowpuncher. NY: Farrar & Rienhart.
Adams, A. (1931) The Log of a Cowboy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Adams, R. (ed.) (1957) The Best of the American Cowboy.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Atherton, L. (1961) The Cattle Kings. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Bard, F. (1960) Horse Wrangler: Sixty Years in the Saddle in WY and MT. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Billington, M. & Hardaway, R. (eds.)(1998) Afr. Ams. on the West Frontier. Niwot, CO. Univ. Pr. of CO.
Branch, E. (1961) The Cowboy and His Interpreters. New York: Cooper Square Publishers
Bronson, E. (1910) Cowboy Life on the West. Plains. Reminiscences of a Ranchman. NY: G. H. Doran Co.
Durham, P. & Jones, E. (1965) The Negro Cowboys. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Leckie, W. (1967) The Buffalo Soldiers. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1997) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience.. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.

BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY

Bohlen, C. “Does She Say the Same Things in her Native Tongue?” New York Times, May 18, 1986
Felder, J. (1992) From the Statue of Liberty to the Statue of Bigotry. New York: Jack Felder.
Felder, J. “Black Origins and Lady Liberty.” Daily Challenge. July 16, 1990
Felder, J. “This Miss. Liberty Was Modeled on Racism.” Black American, July 3, 1986.
Robinson, C. & Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press
Sinclair, T. Was Original Statue a Tribute to Blacks? New York Voice, July 5, 1986
The New York Post, “Statue of Liberty” 6/17/1986.

LYNCHING

Adams. R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co., Inc.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, B. (ed.) (1977) Lynching and Rape: An Exchange of Views. American Institute for Marxist Studies.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. NY: Citadel Press
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Davis, M. (1982) Contributions of Black Women to America. Columbia, South Carolina; Kenday Press.
Duster, A. (1970) Crusade for Justice: Autobiography of Ida B. Wells. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
Franklin, J. & Meier, A. (eds.) (1982) Black Leaders of the 20th Century. Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. NYk: Alfred A. Knopf.
Lerner, G. (ed.) (1973) Black Women in White America. A Documentary History. NY: Vintage Books.
Low, A. & Glift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neal Schuman Pubs.
Sally, C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.

FIVE BLACK PRESIDENTS

Adler, D. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: Father of our Democracy. New York: Holiday House.
Bakhufu, A. (1993) The Six Black Presidents, Washington, D.C.: PIK2 Publications.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New Penguin Books.
Brodie, F. (1974) Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Curtis, J. (1982) Return to These Hills: VT Yrs. of C. Coolidge. Woodstock, VT: Curtis-Lieberman Books.
Dennis, R. (1970) The Black People of America. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Erickson, E. (1974) Dimensions of a New Identity: Jefferson Lectures. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Kane, J. (1981) Facts About the Presidents: From Geo. Washington to Ron. Reagan. NY: H. W. Wilson
Mapp, A. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity. New York: Madison Books.
Morrow, E. (1963) Black Man in the White House. New York: Coward-McCann Inc.
Remini, R. (1966) Andrew Jackson. New York: Harper & Row
Reuter, E. (1969) The Mulatto in the United States. Haskell House.
Rogers, J. (1965) Sex and Race. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing
Rogers, J. (1965) The Five Negro Presidents. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Sullivan, M. (1991) Presidential Passions: Love Affairs of Am’s Pres. Wash. Johnson. NY: Shapolsky Pub.
Whitney, T. (1975) The Descendants of the Presidents.Charlotte, NC: Delmar Printing Co.

BLACK INVENTORS

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.
Burt, M. (1989) Black Inventors of America. Portland: National Book Co.
Diggs, L. (1975) Black Innovations. Chicago: Institute ofPositive Education.
Haber, L. (1970) Black Pioneers of Science and Invention. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.
Harris, M. (1964) Black Inventors: the Revolutionary Period. New York: Negro History Associates
Harris, M. (1964) Early American Inventors, 18th and 19th Centuries. New York: Negro History Assocs.
Harris, M. (1974) Granville T. Woods Memorial: Collector’s Edition. New York: Negro History Assocs.
Hayden, R. (1992) 9 African American Inventors. Frederick, Maryland: Twenty-first Century Books.
Klein, A. (1971) Hidden Contributions: Black Scientists & Inventors in Am. NY: Doubleday and Co.
Latimer, L. (1890) Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System NY: D. Van Norstrand Co.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Van Sertima, I. (1983) Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

BLACK CADETS

Ambrose, S. (1966) Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press.
Black, L. & S. (1985) An Officer and a Gentleman: Milit. Car. of Henry O. Flipper. Dayton, OH: Lora Co.
Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Co.
Eppinga, J. (1996) Henry Ossian Flipper. Plano, Texas: Republic of Texas Press.
Flipper, H. (1878) Colored Cadet at W. Point. Autobio. of Lieut. Henry O. Flipper. NY: Homer Lee & Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Publishing Co.
Glass, E. (1921) History of the Tenth Cavalry. Tucson: Acme Printing Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Harris, T. (ed.) (1963) Negro Frontiersman: Western Memoirs of H. O. Flipper. El Paso, TX West. Col. Pr.
Lanning, M. (1997) Afr.-Am. Soldier From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Gr.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. NY: Free Press.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Lane, A. (1971) Brownsvile Affair: National Crisis and Black Reaction. Port Washington, NY: Nat. Univ. Pubs. Kennikat Press.
Lanning, M. (1997) African-American Soldier from Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing. Gr.
Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink: Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York; Pathfinder.
Naulty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. New York: Free Press.
Weaver, J. (1970) The Brownsville Raid. New York: W.W. Norton.

BLACK SCIENTISTS

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes Past and Present. Chicago: Afro Am Publishing Co.
Bendini, S. (1972) The Life of Benjamin Banneker. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Digs, I. (1975) Black Innovations, Chicago: Institute ofPositive Education.
Haber, L. (1970) Black Pioneers of Science and Invention.New York: Harcourt, Brace and World Inc.
Hayden, R. (1992) 11 African American Doctors, Frederick Maryland: Twenty-First Century Books
Hayden, R. (1992) 7 African American Scientists. Frederick, Maryland: Twenty-first Century Books.
Holt, R. (1942) George Washington Carver: An American Biography. New York: Doubleday & Co.
Jay, J. (1971) Negroes in Science: Natural Science doctorates 187601969. Detroit: Balamp Publishing Co.
Klein, A. (1971) The Hidden Contributions: Black Scientists and Inventors in America. NY: Doubleday & Co.
Lewis, C. (1970) Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Saved Washington. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Van Sertima, I. (1983) Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
Winslow, E. (ed.) (1974) Black Americans in Science and Engineering….Chicago: African American Images.

BLACK (NEGRO) WALL STREET

Brown, R. (1975) Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence. NY: Oxford Univ. Press.
Butler, W. (1974) Tulsa 75: A History of Tulsa. Tulsa: Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
Debo, A. (1982) Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Ellsworth, S. (1943) Death in a Promised Land: Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Baton Rouge: LA St. Univ. Press.
Franklin, J. (1974) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred Knopf.
Franklin, J. (1980) The Blacks in Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Gates, E. (1997) They Came Searching - How Blacks Sought the Promised Land.. Austin, TX: Eakin Press.
Johnson, H. (1998) Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic., Texas: Eakin Press.
Teall, K. (1971) Black History in Oklahoma: A Resource Book. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Waskow, A. (1967) From Race Riot to Sit-In. 1919 and the 1960’s.. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Williams, L. (1972) Anatomy of 4 Race Riots - Racial Conflict in Knoxville, Elaine.. Univ.& Col. Pr. of MS.

MARCUS GARVEY

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America. New York: Penguin Books
Clarke, J. (1974) Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa. New York: Vintage.
Franklin, J. & Meier, A. (eds.) (1982) Black Leaders of the 20th Century. Chicago: University of IL Press.
Garvey, A. (1970) Garvey and Garveyism. New York: Collier Books.
Garvey, A. (ed.) (1967) Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey or Africa.. London: Frank Cass.
Lewis, R. (1988) Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press Inc.
Martin, T. (1978) Race First: Ideological & Org. Struggles of Marcus.. Westport, CT. Greenwood Pr.
Martin, T. (1988) Marcus Garvey, Hero: A First Biography. Dover, Massachusetts: Majority Press.
Nembhard, L. (1978) Trials and Triumphs of Marcus Garvey. Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co.
Rogers, J. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Salley, C. (1993) The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African Americans, Past and Present. NY: Carol Pub.

ARTHUR ALFONSO SCHOMBURG

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.
Bontemps, A. (1972) Harlem Renaissance Remembered. New York: Dodd Mead.
Brown, W., (ed.) (2001), Clotel. Modern Library
Cannon, C. (1941) American Book Collectors and Collecting from Colonial Times.. NY: HW Wilson Co
Clarke, J. (ed.) Harlem: A Community in Transition. New York: Citadel Press.
Colon, J. (1961) A Puerto Rican in New York. New York: Mainstream Publishers.
Gubert, B. (1982) Early Black Bibliographies, 1863-1918. New York: R.R. Garland Publishing.
Huggins, N. (1971) Harlem Renaissance. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jabbar, K. A. (1996) Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African Am. Achievement. William Morrow
Josey, E. (ed.) (1970) The Black Librarian in America. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
Rogers, J. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Salley, C. (1993) The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African-Americans Past and Present - NY Carol Pub. Gr.
Sanchez, K. (1983) From Colonial to Community: The History of Puerto Ricans In NYC, 1917-1948. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press.
Sinnette, E. (1989) Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Smith, J. (1977) Black Academic Libraries and Research Collections -Westport, CT.: Greenwood Pr
Thorpe, E. (1971) Black Historians: A Critique. New York: William Morrow.

DR. CARTER WOODSON

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Al-Mansour, K. (1993) Betrayal by Any Other Name. San Francisco: The First African Arabian Pr.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. New York: Citadel Press.
Aptheker, H. (1968) To Be Free. New York: International Publishers.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Litwack, L. & Meier, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century.  Chicago:  University  of   Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neil Schuman Publishers.
McIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Queens, NY: Kayode Publications
Sally C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Wiltse, C (ed.) (1965) David Walker’s Appeal. New York: Hill & Wang.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

BLACKS IN THE MILITARY

Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the United States Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of IL Press.
Lanning, M. (1997) African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Gr.
Moebs. T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink. Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. NY: Free Press.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Wilson, J. (1977) The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier.. New York Arno Press.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

WWII ATROCITIES

Allen, R. (1993) The Port Chicago Mutiny. New York: Amistad Press Inc.
Buchanan, A. (1972) Black Americans in World War II. Santa Barbara, CA.
Case, C. (1998) The Slaughter: An American Atrocity. Mississippi: FBC Inc.
Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Lanning, M. (1997) The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Gr.
Group.

Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink….Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. New York: Free Press
Pearson, R. (1964) No Share of Glory. Pacific Palisades, CA.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States, New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

BLACK NATIONALISM

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (1991) Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans NY: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett. L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Delany, M. R. (ed.) (1996) The Condition, Elevation, Emigration.. Black Classic Press; Reprint edition 
Franklin, J. & Meier, A. (ed.) (1982) Black Leaders of the 20th Century. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans, New York: Alfred A Knopf.
Griffith, C. (1975) The African Dream: Martin R. Delany and the Emergence of Pan-African Thought

Black Statue of Liberty - Snoops got it wrong!

The Statue Of Liberty

Standing during the explosive fires of 9/11/01

“I sit here deeply concerned that I suspect

we’re leading our nation on an integration trip
that has us integrating into a burning house.”

Some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last words to
The Great Activist, Humanitarian and Artist Harry Belafonte

On Sept. 22, 2005 Harry Belafonte said at theCongressional Black Caucus national town hall meeting:

“I don’t think we quite understood

how prophetic that remark was.”

BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY
by Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA, Historian

Despite an article published on Snoops that says it is false that the Statue of Liberty was created based on the African American struggle for liberation, Dr. Vaughn once again sets the record straight.  

THE BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY

In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte stated that history was only "a lie agreed upon.' Nothing could be more illustrative than the history of the Statue of Liberty originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World." The liberation of African American slaves was the only inspiration for the creation of a Statue of Liberation for Edouard Rene LeFebvre DeLaboulaye. He recruited a young sculptor, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, to create a Black female slave statue holding a broken chain in her left hand and with broken chains of slavery at her feet.

The official web site of the Statue of Liberty states that the statue was given to the people of the United States by the people of France as an expression of friendship and to commemorate the centennial of American Independence (1776). The Encyclopedia Britannica states Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty as a monument to the Franco-American alliance of 1778. These are absolute and total lies! Edouard Rene LeFebvre DeLaboulaye, an internationally renowned lawyer and author of a three-volume history of the United States, first discussed the idea of a symbol to represent the end of U.S. slavery at a dinner party in 1865, at his country home near Versailles, France. In attendance at the dinner party were many abolitionists including Victor Hugo and Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, who had initially been retained to create a sculptured bust of Mr. DeLaboulaye.

Victor Hugo and Edouard DeLaboulaye were leaders of the French abolitionist movement. They hated slavery and were in strong support of John Brown when he attempted to arm slaves in West Virginia for rebellion by raiding the armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. After John Brown failed and was hanged, Hugo and DeLaboulaye took up a collection among the French people and presented a gold metal to John Brown’s widow.

After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1861, the French liberals and abolitionists including Hugo, Bartholdi, and DeLaboulaye urged Lincoln to free the slaves even if civil war resulted. Lincoln was told: "You would become the first country in history to have fought a war against itself to free the internal slave and you would go down in history as a truly great country and a beacon of light to all freedom loving people." The French abolitionists saw the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 as a worthless piece of paper since it only freed slaves in the Confederate controlled states where Lincoln had no jurisdiction and not in Union controlled states where Lincoln was still in authority. When the war ended in 1865, French abolitionists were extremely happy and in addition to again urging Lincoln to free all slaves, DeLaboulaye and Bartholdi requested permission to build and dedicate a monument or colossal statuary to that freeing of all slaves in America. When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, DeLaboulaye again headed the abolitionists’ committee that presented a gold metal to Mrs. Lincoln, just as he had done for the widow of John Brown.

In addition to a staunch abolitionist, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) was an outstanding French sculptor. Bartholdi trained to be an architect in Alsace and Paris and then studied painting with Ary Scheffer and sculpture with J. F. Sioux. Bartholdi’s life and ideas changed dramatically after 1855 when he toured Egypt and witnessed the magnificent colossal monuments and statues created by the ancient Black Egyptians. Bartholdi’s creation of a giant Black ex-slave female with broken chains at her feet and left hand was readily accepted in France. Although liberals, freemasons, and businessmen with American interests were the most enthusiastic supporters of the project, by 1881 some 100,000 people and 181 towns throughout France had contributed money.

In 1871, Frederic Bartholdi at the urging of DeLaboulaye undertook a voyage to America to sell his idea of a colossal statue clearly symbolizing the end of chattel slavery in the United States. He was armed with a large terracotta statue and numerous drawings to clearly illustrate his proposed Statue of Liberty. The original African face of the Statue of Liberty was published in The New York Post dated June 17, 1986 as part of the centennial celebration. Bartholdi found little American support for his African slave model. In 1878, as the African head of Miss. Liberty first went on display at the Universal Exposition in Paris, France, rampant reaction raged throughout the American South.

Bartholdi finally had to abandon his original ideas and changed the Statue of Liberty to the features we are now familiar with. The African face was re-sculptured into the face of his mother Madame Bartholdi. A tablet of law tucked into her folded arm that bears the date July 4, 1776, replaced the broken chains in the slave’s left hand. Ironically, the chains were left at the feet but the meaning changed from broken American slavery to broken English tyranny.

On May 18, 1986 during the centennial celebration, The New York Times joined The New York Post in describing the original Statue of Liberty and the intention of DeLaboulaye and Bartholdi in presenting this statue to America. It’s unconscionable that the Encyclopedia Britannica and the official Statue of Liberty literature can still lie and say that this is a monument celebrating American Independence of 1776 and/or the Franco-American alliance of 1778. Dr. Jack Felder sums it up clearly: "Once in place, Miss. Liberty received a new meaning. She was hailed as the 'Mother of White Exiles,' greeting European immigrants seeking freedom in America.Nothing in the original conceptions of Bartholdi or DeLaboulaye envisioned this role for their stature." End chapter.

Snoops said that the book The Journey of the Songhai People was written by Dr. Jim Haskins then has Haskins saying he did not write the book. Dr. Vaughn's bibliography reveals that the book, available on amazon is:

Robinson, C. Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press

BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bohlen, C. “Does She Say the Same Things in her Native Tongue?” New York Times, May 18, 1986

Felder, J. (1992) From the Statue of Liberty to the Statue of Bigotry. New York: Jack Felder.

Felder, J. “Black Origins and Lady Liberty.” Daily Challenge. July 16, 1990

Felder, J. “This Miss. Liberty Was Modeled on Racism.” Black American, July 3, 1986.

Robinson, C. Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press

Sinclair, T. Was Original Statue a Tribute to Blacks? New York Voice, July 5, 1986

Black People: Ancient Period; Who Created Civilization?

BLACK PEOPLE
AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY

by DR. LEROY VAUGHN, MD, MBA, HISTORIAN is now available on amazon.com.

ANCIENT PERIOD

WHO CREATED CIVILIZATION?

President Thomas Jefferson said, "Never yet could I find that a Black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration...never saw an elementary tract of painting or sculpture." Congressman Thomas Hardwick of Georgia, in 1904, demanded and received the disenfranchisement of Black people from the gains made after the Civil War. He said, "Black people never founded a government nor made a single step toward civilization that did not soon lapse in barbarism, except under the fostering care and guidance of White people." Historian Arnold Toynbee wrote in his 1934 history book: "It will be seen that when we classify mankind by color, the only primary race that has not made a creative contribution to any civilization is the Black race."

Former President Richard Nixon was quoted in the Haldeman Diary as stating "the Black race is the only race, which never founded a civilization." Scientist and Professor R. B. Carrell concludes, “Savages, including the whole Negro race, should on account of their low mentality and unpleasant nature be painlessly exterminated.” Were White scholars and presidents never taught the correct version of history, or has there been a conspiracy for the past 200 years to deny Black civilizations? Before Greece, Rome or Europe were ever established, there were multiple Black civilizations throughout the world, which were already thousands of years old.

All of the elements of civilization first began in Africa, including religion, art, science, government, mining, writing, mathematics, architecture, engineering, and agriculture. Dr. Charles Nelson at the University of Massachusetts states that animal domestication occurred in Kenya 15,000 years ago; and that agricultural sites have been carbon dated in Egypt to 18000 B.C.

The oldest numeration system was found in Zaire by Dr. Jean de Heinzelin with markings on the Ishango Bone dated 8000 B.C. She also said that the people were familiar with prime numbers and multiplication by two since the markings were paired at 3-6, 4-8, and 5-10.

Astronomy and astrology are believed to have existed for almost 50,000 years. The oldest stellar calendar is dated 4241 B.C. It has 365 1/4 days and 12 months with 30 days in each month. The ancient Africans were also the first to divide the day into 24 hours and to begin the day at midnight.

African medical textbooks have been found that are over 5,000 years old. Ancient Africans were very well versed in medical diagnosis and treatment with as many as 1,000 animal, plant and mineral products used in the treatment of illness.

All religions are believed to have originated in Africa, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. General Massey states that the religious records of all religions including the Christian Bible are traceable and in many cases are direct copies of the religious records of ancient Egypt and Nubia. St. Augustine, one of the founding fathers of Christian Theology, wrote "What is now called the Christian religion has existed among the ancients and was not absent from the beginning of the human race."

The ancient Black Egyptians created paper about 4000 B.C., which made the recording of history and science more practical for library storage. It is estimated that over 700,000 books were in the libraries of Egypt before Homer, the father of Western literature, was even born.

Could it be that Black history is the best kept secret in the world or have politicians, including past presidents, denied Black history to accelerate Black disenfranchisement?

WHO CREATED CIVILIZATION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1970) African Origins of the Major Western Religion, Baltimore Black Classic Press

Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1988) Africa: Mother of Western Civilization. Baltimore, MD

Browder, A. (1992) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization. Wash., D.C.: Institute of Karmic Guidance.

Budge, E. A. (1967) The Egyptian Book of the Dead, New York: Dover Publications

Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization.: Myth or Reality. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill and Company.

Finch, C. (1990) The African Background to Medical Science. London, U.K. Billing and Sons Ltd.

Finch. C. (1991) Echoes of the Old Darkland, Decatur, Georgia; Khenti, Inc.

Haldeman, H. (1994) The Halderman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House, NY: Berkley Pub. Group.

James, G. (1954) Stolen Legacy. San Francisco: Julian Richardson.

Khamit-Kush, I. (1983) What They Never Told You In History Class. Bronx, NY: Luxorr Publications.

Massey, G. (1970) Ancient Egypt; New York: Samuel Weiser.

Massey, G. (1983) Natural Genesis: London: Williams and Northgate.

Rogers, J. (1991) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.

Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books.

Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come

In Honor Of Dr. King & Black History Month- Read The Book Black People... Vaughn

BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY

A great adventure in truth, pride in humanity and understanding is found in the book BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY by Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA and historian.

Dr. Vaughn takes you on a breathtaking historic look at the many contributions made by Black people from ancient times.



For example, the piece 5 Black Presidents  presents the evidence that Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Harding and Coolidge all had at least enough Black blood to be lynched in their day.  

His piece on Black Wall Street holds the keys to economic security, no matter what, stick together as a brotherhood and make it better the next time.  

BLACK PEOPLE... is available as a $5 Kindle book (just text), and a .pdf file  on Lulu that has the supporting photographic documentation. Also available as an 8x10 coffee table paperback  on amazon.com.  


This book comes with an extensive bibliography and photographic credits list to assist you.  


Knowing the truth is setting humanity free.

Veterans Day 2010 - Blacks In The US Military

FIRST BLACK WEST POINT COMMANDER 

EMILY PEREZ

The first Black woman to serve as Corps Commander Sergeant Major at West Point.

Perez graduated in the top 10 percent of her class, out-ran many men, directed a gospel choir and read the Bible every day.

She also headed a weekly convoy as it rolled down treacherous roads, pocked with bombs and bullets near Najaf, Iraq.

As platoon leader, she insisted on leading her troops from the front. Shortly before shipping out to Iraq with the 204 Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, she flew cross-country to be a bone marrow donor for a stranger who was a match.

At 23, she was the 64th woman from the U.S. military killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. September, 2006.

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Thank you all veterans for your service.  Though many have received praise, many more have had their contributions ignored.  Time for this to change.

The book BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY, by Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA, historian is a groundbreaking work that fills in many of the blanks in world history.    This section read in the webeo below with some of the images explained in detail, gives a closer look at some of the contributions of Black soldiers to the US Military.

BLACKS IN THE MILITARY

 MEDAL OF HONOR MEN
THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY
(Below)

Portraits of 15 African American soldiers and sailors

including Sgt. John Lawson, Milton M. Holland,

Robert A. Pinn, Sgt. Brent Woods, Powhatan Beaty,

Corporal Isaiah Mays,
Sgt. John Denny, James H. Harris,

Dennis Bell, Thomas R. Hawkins,
Sgt. William Carney,

Christian Fleetwood, Pvt. James Daniel Gardner,

Sgt. Alexander Kelly, and Sgt. Thomas Shaw

(Photo of Gen Colin Powell right)

Television images of General Colin Powell in specific, and Black, well trained, energetic soldiers in general, are a great source of pride for most African Americans. These television images represent the fruits of over two hundred years of struggle by African Americans for equality, integration, and respect in the military service. There is probably no irony in American history more pointed than the American Black soldier fighting and dying for basic American democracy and freedom, while being denied most of those same freedoms at home and in the military since the founding of this country.

(Photo left: West Point Academy's first African American graduate - plus a whole lot more revealed in the book -  Henry Flipper)

Until recently African Americans begged for the privilege to fight and die for this country in hopes that a more equitable society would await them at the end of the war. However, Black soldiers and sailors were strictly prohibited from participation in virtually every American war until a severe manpower shortage made this country desperate. In 1792, laws were passed by Congress to exclude Blacks from the Army and Marines. The Marine Corp did not accept an African American for its first 150 years of existence, up to and including World War II, when White politicians and generals finally became desperate enough to encourage Black military participation. Black soldiers were frequently poorly trained, unequally paid and equipped, and forced to participate in all Black regiments with White southern officers in charge.

(Photo right: Tuskgee, Alabama, March, 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the Advanced Flying School as Second Lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer)

When Blacks were allowed to participate in American wars, they invariably performed exceptionally well. Over 5,000 African Americans, both slave and free, served in the army during the Revolutionary War, and almost all of them received their freedom in appreciation after the war. In fact, most northern states abolished slavery because of their contribution. The outstanding contributions of over 200,000 African American soldiers and sailors during the Civil War led to the 13th Amendment freeing all slaves.

(Photo left: Brigadier General Joseph E. Bastion pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Capt. Charles L. Thomas, 1945)

Between 1869 and 1890 Black soldiers in the West, nicknamed the Buffalo Soldiers, won 14 Congressional Metals of Honor, 9 Certificates of Merit and 29 Orders of Honorable Mention while fighting Native Americans. President Theodore Roosevelt credits these same Buffalo Soldiers for saving his famous "Rough Riders" from extermination in Cuba during the Spanish American War of 1898.

(Photo above: Black Soldiers during World War I)

About 160,000 of the 200,000 African Americans sent to Europe during World War I were forced to work as laborers in unloading ships and building roads. The remaining soldiers were not even allowed to fight along side White American soldiers but rather were assigned by General Pershing to French Divisions. These Black soldiers had to fight in French uniforms with French weapons and French leadership until the end of World War I. Over 3,000 casualties were sustained by these Black soldiers, who subsequently were awarded over 540 medals by the French government including the Legion of Honor - for gallantry in action.

(Photo right: Brigadier General Benjamin Davis conducting close rifle inspection of the United States Colored Troops somewhere in England about 1942)

The plight of Blacks in the military did not improve significantly until President Franklin Roosevelt and President Harry Truman made concessions to Black leaders in exchange for Black votes. On October 15, 1940, Roosevelt announced that Blacks would be trained as pilots, that Black reserve officers would be called to active duty, and that Colonel Benjamin Davis would be named the first Black Brigadier General.

In 1948, Truman was even more desperate for Black votes and issued Executive Order 9981, ending military segregation and demanding "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the Armed Services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin." After two hundred years of struggle, African Americans can now look upon Black military men and officers with a great since of pride and accomplishment.

BIBLIOGRAPHY - BLACKS IN THE MILITARY

Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.

Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.

Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.

Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the United States Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of IL Press.

Lanning, M. (1997) African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Gr.

Moebs. T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink. Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.

Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.

Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. NY: Free Press.

Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.

Wilson, J. (1977) The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier.. New York Arno Press.

Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.