The subject headings by which the achievements (and often the setbacks) are organized are General History, Education, Laws, Religion, Literature, Arts, Science, and Sports. Since African Americans had few opportunities for excelling in these fields early in our history, there is a good amount of blank space on some pages.

This is not a source for anything more in-depth than connecting an event with a year and relating it to contemporary events in other subject areas?e.g., Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots of 1992 receive one sentence?but it will prove useful for answering such questions as the names of black inventors or tracking events like the growth and decline of slavery. Giving the exact date of an event rather than just placing it within a specific year would have been more helpful. The Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present (LJ 10/1/91) is also organized by year; it has no subject access but gives lengthier discussions of events. For the price, these timetables would be an excellent addition to any collection of African American studies as a ready reference source or a starting point for further research. If the all-important index is done with the care of the indexes in the other volumes of the series, it should be both thorough and detailed.

-This book chronicles significant events, figures, and movements in the lives of African Americans from 1492 to 1992. It highlights many firsts: in 1940, for example, Booker T. Washington was the first black American to appear on a postage stamp, and Richard Wright's Native Son was the first literary work by a black American to become a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. The work is arranged by year; under each date events are listed across the page under such categories as Education; Laws and Legal Actions; Religion; Arts; Science, Technology, and Medicine; and Sports. Nonblack persons are identified by an asterisk except when their racial or ethnic designation is obvious. A few black-and-white portraits of prominent African Americans illustrate the volume. The detailed index notes not only the page number but also the column under which topics are found. This is another in the growing list of chronologies. The two-volume African American Chronology [RBB F 15 94] is aimed at middle-schoolers and is also illustrated. It is based on the more detailed Chronology of African-American History . Touchstone 0684815788 / 9780684815787
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