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Book

How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea

Call Number

  • J 973.0496 GREE (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : HarperCollins : Amistad, c2003.

Physical Description

xvii, 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.

Contents

  • Paul Cuffe (1759-1817)
  • James Forten (1766-1842)
  • Robert Smalls (1839-1915)
  • Matthew Henson (1866-1955)
  • Shirley Lee (1935- )
  • Evelyn J. Fields (1949- )
  • Michelle Janine Howard (1960- )
  • Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
  • Alex Haley (1921-1992)
  • Samuel L. Gravely Jr. (1922- )
  • Carl M. Brashear (1931- )
  • Albert José Jones (birthdate unavailable)
  • William Pinkney (1938- ).

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