Raymond M. Corbin - 1,999 Facts About Blacks: A Sourcebook of African-American Achievement

Second Edition

Copyright 1997 by Raymond M. Corbin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Corbin, Raymond M.

1,999 Facts about Blacks : a sourcebook of African-American achievement / Raymond M. Corbin. 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-56833-081-5

1. Afro-AmericansMiscellanea. I. Title.

E185.C83 1997

Distributed by National Book Network

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984.

Manufactured in the United States of America.

To my mother, Mrs. Pearl Corbin; to a very dear
friend, Mary Sutton for her patience; Loretta
Sutton for typing, and a special friend, Richard
White who stood by me all the way. I would also
like to thank Barry Beckham who was not only
the publisher of the first edition but also has been
a good friend for over thirty years. To all of you:
thank you very much.

Here is the second edition of 1,999 Facts about Blacks. Approximately one third of these facts are achievements since 1986 when the first edition was published.

The new design places the answers at the bottom of the page rather than at the back of the book. Ive also included a bibliography for those who want to pursue African-American history beyond the question-and-answer phase.

Please write to me at Madison Books if you have corrections, additions, or suggestions, or if you want information about my upcoming newsletter on black history.

Enjoyand learn.