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Copyright 2013 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Gates, Henry Louis.
The African Americans : many rivers to cross / Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4019-3514-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. African Americans--History. I. Yacovone, Donald. II. Title.
E185.G26 2013
305.896073--dc23
2013010214

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-3514-6
Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-3515-3

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