Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962
Written by Lerone Bennett
Narrated by John Ridle
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About this audiobook
After discussing the contributions of Africans to the ancient world, "Before the Mayflower" tells the history of "the other Americans," how they came to America, and what happened to them when they got here. The book is comprehensive and detailed, providing little-known and often overlooked facts about the lives of black folks through slavery, Reconstruction, America's wars, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement. The book includes a useful time line and some fascinating archival images.
Lerone Bennett
Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 - February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works included Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.Born and raised in Mississippi, Bennett graduated from Morehouse College. He served in the Korean War and began a career in journalism at the Atlanta Daily World before being recruited by Johnson Publishing Company to work for JET magazine. Later, Bennett was the long-time executive editor of Ebony magazine. He was associated with the publication for more than 50 years.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent read only would have liked to see the most important link , addressed here, in the fact that the moors and other people mentioned throughout the book were actually Jews by blood, but possibly he wasn’t privy to that information at the time