Detroit: Cengage Gale, (1991). Hardcover - A chronological history of African American people which begins in 1619 with the arrival of the first Africans to be brought forcibly to America and concludes in the summer of 1990. An introductory section presents some African history and a discussion of the effect each U.S. president has had on African American society. It also includes short biographical sketches of prominent African Americans, appendixes of significant documents, a detailed bibliography and an index. Illustrated with photographs. xlvii, 526 pp. ISBN: 0-81037093X.