Missouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston Greene

A personal reminiscence by the late Lorenzo J. Louis entrepreneur whose business skills made her one of the state's wealthiest African-Americans in the early twentieth century.

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 Santa 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. 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. 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. It has now been revised and updated by Kremer and Holland, incorporating the latest scholarship into its pages. Holland, Missouri's Black Heritage remains the only book-length account of the rich and inspiring history of the state's African-American population. Book excerpt: Originally written in 1980 by the late Lorenzo J. This book was released on 1993 with total page 282 pages. Book Synopsis Missouri's Black Heritage by : Lorenzo Johnston Greeneĭownload or read book Missouri's Black Heritage written by Lorenzo Johnston Greene and published by University of Missouri Press.

Missouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston Greene