100 Greatest African Americans

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Language English Originally published 2002 Country United States of America Name 100 African Publisher Prometheus Books		ISBN 978-1-57392-963-9 Page count 345 Pages 345 Author Molefi Kete Asante

Subject African-American biographies Role Book by Molefi Kete Asante Similar The History of Africa: The Ques, The Harlem Renaissa, The historical and cultur, Afrocentricity - the theory of social c, The Afrocentric Idea

100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in no particular order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.

Criteria

Asante used five factors in establishing the list:

"significance in the general progress of African-Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system"

"self-sacrifice and a willingness to take great risks for the collective good"

"unusual will and determination in the face of great danger and against the most stubborn odds"

"a consistent posture toward raising the social, cultural and economic status of African Americans"

"personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people"

References

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