Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book centering upon great, but little known, African Americans and on their contributions to the United States - among them are Daniel Payne, Sojourner Truth, Paul Robeson, Daniel Hale Williams (first surgeon to perfom successful heart surgery) and others ranging from Thurgood Marshall to DuBois to Joe Louis. A title in the Mainstream of America series, edited by Lewis Gannett. Bibliography, index. 355 pp plus a one page listing of other titles in the series.