| Journalist and nurse Delilah L. Beasley drew on interviews, letters, poetry, photographs, family Bibles, court proceedings, and newspaper clippings in preparing her history of African-American pioneers and their descendants in California. This facsimile of the original 1919 edition of the work includes numerous b&w photos of the figures discussed. Elsa Barkley Brown (history and women's studies, U. of Maryland) provides a historical introduction. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. |
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