Missouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo J. Greene, Gary R. Kremer & Antonio F. Holland
Because Missouri’s Black Heritage, Revised Edition places Missouri’s experience in the larger context of the national experience, this book will be welcomed by all students and teachers of American history or black studies, as well as by general readers. It will also promote pride and a greater understanding among African-Americans about their past and provide an increased appreciation of the contribution and hardships of blacks. Originally written in 1980 by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, Gary R. Kremer, and Antonio F. Holland, Missouri's Black Heritage remains the only book-length account of the rich and inspiring history of the state's African American population. It has now been revised and updated by Kremer and Holland, incorporating the latest scholarship into its pages. This edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds. Documenting the African American experience from the horrors of slavery through present-day victories, the book touches on the lives of people such as John Berry Meachum, a St. Louis slave who purchased his own freedom and then helped countless other slaves gain emancipation; Hiram Young, a Jackson County free black whose manufacturing of wagons for Sante Fe Trail travelers made him a legendary figure; James Milton Turner, who, after rising from slavery to become one of the best-educated blacks in Missouri, worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and the State Department of Education to establish schools for blacks all over the state after the Civil War; and Annie Turnbo Malone, a St. Louis entrepreneur whose business skills made her one of the state's wealthiest African Americans in the early twentieth century. A personal reminiscence by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, a distinguished African American historian whom many regard as one of the fathers of black history, offers a unique view of Missouri's racial history and heritage.
About the Authors
Lorenzo J. Greene (1899-1988) was Professor Emeritus of History at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was the author of several books, including The Negro in Colonial New England, 1620-1776 and Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History: A Diary, 1928-1930.
Gary R. Kremer is Executive Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri and adjunct professor of history at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Dr. Kremer received his Ph.D. from American University in Washington, DC. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri, George Washington Carver: A Biography, and George Washington Carver: In His Own Words.
Antonio F. Holland is Associate Professor of History and Chairman of the Department of Social Sciences at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Product Specifications
Published by University of Missouri Press, paperback, 1993. 272 pages. 65 illustrations.
