"Updated and revised for the first time in over a decade, the second edition of African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence is a comprehensive and inspiring book that celebrates the African American experience, highlighting the extraordinary people and their profound influence on American history. It covers a wide range of topics, including literature, art, music, the civil rights movement, religion, science, medicine, politics, education, business, the military, sports, theater, film, and television, providing historical facts and insightful essays and profiling the lives and contributions of more than 800 notable individuals"--

Lean’tin Bracks, Ph.D., is the retired professor of African American literature and retired chair of the Department of Arts and Languages, discipline coordinator of English and coordinator of African American Studies at Fisk University. Dr. Bracks continues to conduct research in the areas of African American Literature, Literature of the Diaspora, and African American Women’s Literature. She is the author of Writings on Black Women of the Diaspora: History Language and Identity; and she is the co-editor of Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. She also has contributed to resource publications and academic journals, including African American National Biography; Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture, and Encyclopedia of African American Business. Dr. Bracks earned her undergraduate degree from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, which also bestowed upon her an honorary doctorate, and she completed her graduated work at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Introduction
Acknowledgments

1. Africans in America
2. Civil Rights
3. Politics
4. Education
5. Religion
6. Literature
7. Business Entrepreneurs/Media
8. Performing and Visual/Applied Arts
9. Music
10. Science, Technology, Inventors, and Explorers
11. Sports
12. Military

Bibliography
Index