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Story of the Negro

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Williams, The Negro Race in America: Williams, George W. HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880. New York: Putnam, 1883. 8vo. 2 vols. With portrait frontis to first volume, + xix, [1], 481; [2], xiii, [1], 611 pp. In earl

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Arna Bontemps was an award-winning African American author and poet, and an important member of "The Harlem Renaissance" born in1902, in Louisiana. Known for his books featuring black characters, he wrote many notable works, including God Sends Sunday (1931), Black Thunder (1936), Story of the Negro (1948) and Great Slave Narratives (1969). He died June 4, 1973, in Nashville, Tennessee, while working on his autobiography.
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