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From Josephine Baker to Shonda Rhimes, from Arthur Ashe to President Barack Obama, this completely revised and updated volume explores and celebrates African-American accomplishments in every field. African Americans have overcome overwhelming odds to become leaders in politics, education, science and medicine, law, military, sports, and business. In compiling this superb resource book, Joan Potter has mined old documents, records, letters, family histories, and government files to showcase 450 incredible accomplishments by African Americans. From colonial times to present day, explore the lives’ of Harriet Tubman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Alexander Twilight, Doctor Daniel Hale Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Hal Jackson, and many more. Updated to include a wealth of new and revised information, and illustrated with stunning photographs, this volume is one to cherish and to share for generations. African American Firsts is a testament to African Americans’ talent, ambition, creativity, and courage.