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Courage, resilience and triumph! Celebrating the African American experience, the extraordinary people, and their profound influence on American history!

African Americans helped build the United States. Their contributions, deeds, and influence are interwoven into the fabric of the country. Celebrating centuries of achievements, the African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence provides insights on the impact and inspiration of African Americans on U.S. society and culture spanning centuries and presented in a fascinating mix of biographies, historical facts, and enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements.

Covering events surrounding African American literature, art and music; the civil rights movement; religion within the black community; advances in science and medicine; and politics, education, business, the military, sports, theater, film, and television, this important reference connects history to the issues currently facing the African American community. The African American Almanac also honors the lives and contributions of 800 influential figures, including ...

Stacey Abrams, Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker, Amiri Baraka, Daisy Bates, Reginald Wayne Betts, Simone Biles, Cory Bush, Bisa Butler, George Washington Carver, Ray Charles, Bessie Coleman, Claudette Colvin, Gary Davis, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Michael Eric Dyson, Duke Ellington, Margie Eugene-Richard, Medgar Evers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Roxane Gay, Amanda Gorman, Nicole Hanna-Jones, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ketanji Brown Jackson, LeBron James, Mae C. Jemison, Gayle King, Martin Luther King, Jr., Queen Latifah, Jacob Lawrence, Kevin Liles, Thurgood Marshall, Walter Mosley, Elijah Muhammad, Barack Obama, Gordon Parks, Rosa Parks, Richard Pryor, Condoleezza Rice, Smokey Robinson, Wilma Rudolph, Betty Shabazz, Tavis Smiley, Dasia Taylor, Clarence Thomas, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Ross Tubman, C. Delores Tucker, Usher, Denmark Vesey, Alice Walker, Raphael Warnock, Booker T. Washington, Denzel Washington, Cornell West, Colson Whitehead, Justus Williams, Serena Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Malcolm X, and many more.

Completely updated and revised for the first time in over a decade, the African American Almanac looks at the recent challenges—from the Black Lives Movement to Covid-19—and ongoing resilience of our nation, and it shines a light on our momentous and complicated history, the individual accomplishments and contributions of the celebrated and unsung—but no less worthy—people who built our country and who continue to influence American society.

Comprehensive and richly illustrated, it thoroughly explores the past, progress, and current conditions of America. This seminal work is the most complete and affordable single-volume reference of African American culture and history available today, and it illustrates and demystifies the emotionally moving, complex, and often lost history of black life in America!

Visible Ink Press

The Multicultural History & Heroes Collection

African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence

Arlene Hirschfelder

Yvonne Wakim Dennis

Paulette F. Molin

A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and courage!

Native American Medal of Honor recipients, Heisman Trophy recipients, U.S. Olympians, a U.S. vice president, Congressional representatives, NASA astronauts, Pulitzer Prize recipients, U.S. poet laureates, Oscar winners, and more. The first Native magician, all-Native comedy show, architects, attorneys, bloggers, chefs, cartoonists, psychologists, religious leaders, filmmakers, educators, physicians, code talkers, and inventors. Luminaries like Jim Thorpe, King Kamehameha, Debra Haaland, and Will Rogers, along with less familiar notables such as Native Hawaiian language professor and radio host Larry Lindsey Kimura and Cree/Mohawk forensic pathologist Dr. Kona Williams. Their stories plus the stories of 2000 people, events and places are presented in Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events, including …

 • Suzanne Van Cooten, Ph.D., Chickasaw Nation, the first Native female meteorologist in the country
 • Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, Wampanoag from Martha’s Vineyard, graduate of Harvard College in 1665
 • Debra Haaland, the Pueblo of Laguna, U.S. Congresswoman and Secretary of the Interior
 • Sam Campos, the Native Hawaiian who developed the Hawaiian superhero Pineapple Man
 • Thomas L. Sloan, Omaha, was the first Native American to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court
 • William R. Pogue, Choctaw, astronaut
 • Johnston Murray, Chickasaw, the first person of Native American descent to be elected governor in the United States, holding the office in Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955
 • The Cherokee Phoenix published its first edition February 21, 1828, making it the first tribal newspaper in North America and the first to be published in an Indigenous language
 • The National Native American Honor Society was founded by acclaimed geneticist Dr. Frank C. Dukepoo , the first Hopi to earn a Ph.D.
 • Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot, became the first Native American in the National Baseball League in 1897 as an outfielder with the Cleveland Spiders
 • Jock Soto, Navajo/Puerto Rican, the youngest-ever man to be the principal dancer with the New York City Ballet
 • The Seminole Tribe of Florida was the first Nation to own and operate an airplane manufacturing company
 • Warrior's Circle of Honor, the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
 • The Iolani Palace, constructed 1879–1882, the home of the Hawaiian royal family in Honolulu
 • Loriene Roy, Anishinaabe, White Earth Nation, professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, former president of the American Library Association
 • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Colorado
 • Hanay Geiogamah, Kiowa /Delaware, founded the American Indian Theatre Ensemble
 • Gerald Vizenor, White Earth Nation, writer, literary critic, and journalist for the Minneapolis Tribune
 • Ely S. Parker (Hasanoanda, later Donehogawa), Tonawanda Seneca, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, serving as General Ulysses S. Grant’s military secretary
 • Fritz Scholder, Luiseno, painter inducted into the California Hall of Fame
 • The Native American Women Warriors, the first all Native American female color guard
 • Lori Arviso Alvord, the first Navajo woman to become a board-certified surgeon
 • Kay “Kaibah” C. Bennett, Navajo, teacher, author, and the first woman to run for the presidency of the Navajo Nation
 • Sandra Sunrising Osawa, Makah Indian Nation, the first Native American to have a series on commercial television
 • The Choctaw people’s 1847 donation to aid the Irish people suffering from the great famine
 • Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Oglala Lakota, first to earn an environmental engineering Ph.D. at the University of Arizona
 • Diane J. Willis, Kiowa, former President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and founding editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology
 • Shelly Niro, Mohawk, winner of Canada’s top photography prize, the Scotiabank Photography Award
 • Loren Leman, Alutiiq/Russian-Polish, was the first Alaska Native elected lieutenant governor
 • Kim TallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the first recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Environment
 • Carissa Moore, Native Hawaiian, won the Gold Medal in Surfing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
 • Will Rogers, Cherokee, actor, performer, humorist was named the first honorary mayor of Beverly Hills
 • Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations by Lois Ellen Frank, Kiowa, was the first Native American cookbook to win the James Beard Award
 • Diane Humetewa, Hopi, nominated by President Barack Obama, became the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge
 • Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, Crow, the first Native American nurse to be inducted into the American Nursing Association Hall of Fame

Indigenous Firsts honors the ongoing and rich history of personal victories and triumphs, and with more than 200 photos and illustrations, this information-rich book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. This vital collection will appeal to anyone interested in America’s amazing history and its resilient and skilled Indigenous people.

Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events

Nicolás Kanellos

A celebration of people and pride! Explore the achievements and contributions of Latinos in the United States with this illuminating history.

Latinos in the United States are a vibrant mix of people and multiple identities, each unique, varied, and accomplished. Beginning with the Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century, Latinos have been an important part of American society. They’ve fought the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and all wars in between and since, and in the last decade, their businesses have grown at twice the pace of the overall U.S. economy.

The most complete and affordable single-volume reference on Latino history available today, Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders honors the history and the impact of Latinos on the United States. This hefty tome is a fascinating mix of biographies, little-known or misunderstood historical facts, and enlightening essays on significant legislation, movements, current issues, and achievements across a variety of fields, including business, labor, politics, the military, music, sports, law, media, religion, art, literature, theater, film, science, technology, and medicine. A large collection of 650 biographies includes both celebrated and lesser-known Latino stars, such as 

Dolores Fernández Huerta, labor leader
Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court justice
Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. poet laureate
Roberto C. Goizueta, businessperson, former CEO of Coca-Cola
Selena Gómez, actor, singer, producer
Rebecca Lobo, basketball player, sports analyst
Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. congressperson
Ellen Ochoa, astronaut, engineer
Anthony R. Jiménez, entrepreneur
María Hinojosa, journalist
Dennis Chávez, U.S. senator
Oscar Muñoz, businessperson, CEO United Airlines
Antonia Novello, surgeon general of the United States
Geraldo Miguel Rivera, journalist
Lin-Manuel Miranda, playwright, actor, director
Alex Rodríguez, baseball player
Rodolfo Anaya, novelist
Desi Arnaz, television producer, actor, singer
Jessica Mendoza, sportscaster, softball player
Nydia Velásquez, U.S. congressperson
Edward James Olmos, actor
Marco Rubio, U.S. senator
Rita Moreno, actor, dancer
César Chávez, labor leader
Marcelo Claure, businessperson, former Sprint CEO
Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist
Miriam Colón, actress, theater owner, producer
Joaquín Castro, chair of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus
And many, many more!

While Latinos are among both the original and newest immigrants, today the majority of U.S. Latinos were born here and most speak English—although most are bilingual to one degree or another. Their influence on the economy and culture continues to increase. Their impact on the United States has been wide-ranging. Salsa has even overtaken ketchup to become the most popular condiment in the United States! Devoted to illustrating the moving and often lost history of Latinos in America, Latino Almanac is a unique and valuable resource. Numerous photographs and illustrations, a helpful bibliography, a timeline, and an extensive index add to its usefulness. Commemorating and honoring Latino achievements, honors, and influence, this important book brings to light all there is to admire and discover about Latino Americans!

Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders

Jessie Carney Smith

Discover and celebrate the achievements of some of America’s most inspiring women!
The first female. African American vice president, first U.S. senator, the 83rd U.S. Attorney General, and first black state legislator in Alaska. The first time a black woman and a white band shared the same stage; the first black woman writer to win a Pulitzer Prize; and the first black prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera Company. Black women have accomplished incredible things throughout American history.

An important book, Originals! Barrier-breaking Black Women profiles the lives and successes of such notable and iconic women as abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph, mathematician Katherine Johnson, organizer and politician Stacy Adams Stacey Abrams, astronaut Mae Jemison, jazz legend Billie Holiday, ballerina Misty Copeland, Vice President Kamala Harris, and also the accomplishments of hundreds of less-famous and lesser-known women. This fascinating read recounts 1,400 achievements, including … 
Gail Fisher, the first black actress to receive an Emmy Award.Tina Sloan-Green, the first black American woman to compete on the U.S. National Lacrosse team.Sarah J. (Smith Thompson) Garnet, the first black female principal in the New York City public school system.Ruth Carol Taylor, the first flight attendant to smash the color barrier.Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, the first black woman awarded a medical degree in the United States.Camilla Ella Williams, the first black woman to sing with the New York City Opera.Altha Stewart, the first African American president of The American Psychiatric Association.Jessie Carney Smith, the first black national president of Beta Phi Mu, the honor society for persons with graduate degrees in library science.Gwendolyn Brooks, the author of Annie Allen, a book of poetry that won the first Pulitzer Prize awarded to an African American.Jeanine McIntosh-Menze, the first African American female aviator in the U.S. Coast Guard’s 215-year history.
The story of black women in America is one of struggle and obstacles overcome. It’s a story of great achievement and soaring heights. Let Originals! inspire and educate you as it shares the stories and breakthroughs of hundreds of black women in American history!! With more than 210 photos and illustrations, this enlightening book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

Originals!: Black Women Breaking Barriers

Deborah G. Felder

Impressive! Innovative! Influential! Discover and celebrate the amazing stories and achievements of 120 of America’s most inspiring women!

Women have accomplished incredible things throughout American history. They’ve made and changed history. They've contributed revolutionary new ideas and moved science forward. Their inventions, businesses, literature, art, and activism helped build the nation. They've succeeded in a whole host of professions, including media, medicine, politics, government, education, sports, and the military. Trailblazing Women! Amazing Americans Who Made History shines a welcome light on some of America's most remarkable women and their enduring stories and amazing accomplishments.

This fun and fascinating read covers the long history of America's heroic women. It brings you the biographies of some of America's boldest and bravest. Read about obstacles they overcame and how they flourished. It covers the lasting legacies of well-known and lesser-known stars, including ...
As a young child, she sang solos and duets with her Aunt Mary at the Union Baptist Church and by the age of 6 was earning money singing at local functions throughout her hometown of Philadelphia. (Marian Anderson (1897–1993), Singer)She made headlines when she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in the science of geology from the elite Baltimore research university, Johns Hopkins. (Florence Bascom (1862–1945), Geologist)She said about the “me too” movement she founded: “When one person says, ‘Yeah, me, too,’ it gives permission for others to open up.” (Tarana Burke (1973–), Civil Rights Activist)The nation’s first four-star woman general has a long family history of U.S. military service—going back five generations. (Ann E. Dunwoody (1953–), Army Officer)When this celebrated U.S. Supreme Court justice served on the high court with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as one of only two women justices, she and O’Connor decided to wear special collars on decision days to carve out their visual space in a sea of black robes and ties. (Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020), Attorney, U.S. Supreme Court Justice)She made many discoveries in physics, but the most important was identifying the “magic numbers” that make protons or neutrons stable within an atomic nucleus. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work. (Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972), Physicist)A soccer icon who was the first woman inducted into the World Football Hall of Fame, she started playing the sport at the age of two, while her family was living in Italy. (Mia Hamm (1972–), Soccer Player)Her first name means “lotus” in the Sanskrit language, and her name, Devi, means “goddess.” (Kamala Harris (1964–), Vice President of the United States of America)She coined the term “bug” to describe computer errors after she found a moth inside one of her team’s computers. (Grace Hopper (1906–1992), Computer Scientist, Navy Rear Admiral)An acclaimed architect and artist best known for designing Washington, D.C.’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lin once said, “I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That’s art to me.” (Maya Lin (1959–), Architect)When this former first lady was growing up, she was a great athlete, but she didn’t like playing competitive sports. The reason, her big brother said, was that “she hated losing.” (Michelle Obama (1964–), Attorney, First Lady)A Cuban American and the first Latinx elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she delivered a Spanish version of the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in 2014. (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952–), Congresswoman)This acclaimed prima ballerina was the daughter of an Osage Indian father and a white mother. The Osage people gave her the name Wa-Xthe-Thomba, meaning “Woman of Two Worlds.” (Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Ballet Dancer)A labor leader and educator, she is the current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the former president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and she became the first openly gay individual to be elected president of a national American labor union. (Randi Weingarten (1957–), Educator, Labor Leader)This mathematician is the hidden hero behind the development of GPS apps on cell phones. (Gladys West (1930–), Mathematician)And many more.
America has had more than its share of amazing women. The influence, inspiration, and impact of women on U.S. society and culture cannot be ignored. Explore the vital roles and vibrant experiences of some of the most impressive women in American history with Trailblazing Women! Amazing Americans Who Made History. It brings to light all there is to admire and discover about these extraordinary women.

Trailblazing Women!: Amazing Americans Who Made History

A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride!

The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and
 the first African American commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. 
The first black professors in a variety of fields. The first African 
American advertising agency. The first African American Olympian. The 
first black pilot for a scheduled commercial airline. The first recorded
 slave revolt in North America. The first African American cookbook 
writer.

Revel and rejoice in the renowned and lesser-known, barrier-breaking 
trailblazers in all fields—arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, 
education, government, invention, journalism, religion, science, sports,
 music, and more. Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events, Fourth Edition bears witness to the long and complex history of African Americans! 

Expanded, updated, and revised for the first time in over eight years, Black Firsts
 collects more than 500 all-new achievements and previously unearthed 
firsts. This massive tome proves that African American accomplishments 
are wide-ranging and ongoing, documenting thousands of personal 
victories and triumphs.

Who was the first black American depicted on a postage stamp? (1940 Booker Taliaferro Washington)
Who was the first African American bookseller? (1834 David Ruggles, New York City)
Where was the first black car dealership? (1941 Edward Davis, Detroit, Studebaker)
When was the first black-owned company listed on a major stock exchange? (1971 Johnson Products)
Who was the first black U.S. senator? (1870 Hiram Rhoades [Rhodes] Revels, Mississippi)
Who was the African American columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary? (1989 Clarence Page)
Who was the U.S. Supreme Court’s first black justice? (1967 Thurgood Marshall)
Who first broke the color barrier to become a flight attendant? (1958 Ruth Carol Taylor)
Who became the first black to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? (1877 Henry Ossian Flipper)
Which model was the first black to grace Sports Illustrated cover? (1997 Tyra Banks)
Who became the American Medical Association’s first black president? (1995 Lonnie Bristow)
What is the oldest surviving black church in America? (The African Meeting House, built in 1806 and known as the Joy Street Baptist Church, in Boston)
Who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game? (1952 Rookie of the Year, Joe Black, of the Brooklyn Dodgers)
Who was the first regularly recognized black physician in the United States? (1780s James Durham [Derham])
Who was the first black actress to receive an Emmy Award? (1969 Gail Fisher)
Who became the first black professional football player? (1904 Charles W. Follis)
What was first short story published by a black woman in the United States? (1859 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s “The Two Offers”)
Who was the black explorer who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition? (York)
Who was the first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court? (1880 Samuel R. Lowery)
Which two songs by black Americans were the first to be send out of the solar system? (1977 Chuck Berry’s song “Johnny B. Goode” and Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” on Voyager I)
What famous inventor and agronomist has a national monument named after him in Diamond, Missouri? (1960 George Washington Carver)
What movie featured the first black female lead in a Disney animated feature? (2009 “The Princess and the Frog” starred Anika Noni Rose)
Who was the first black American to win a gold medal in the women’s all-around final competition.? (2012 Gabrielle “Gabby” Christina Victoria Douglas)
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen and why are they so famous? (1941
 The U.S. Congress established the first combat unit for blacks in the 
Army Air Corps with a training facility for black airmen, known as the 
Tuskegee Airmen, located at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama)
Who participated in the first armed encounter of the American 
Revolution and later became the first black to receive an honorary 
master's degree? (Lemuel Haynes)
Who was the author of a book of poetry that won the first Pulitzer Prize awarded to a black American? (1950 Gwendolyn Brooks for “Annie Allen”)
What was the first black record company? (Pace Phonograph Company established 1921 by Henry Pace)
Who was the black hero who sacrificed himself at the Boston 
Massacre, an event that would help inspire the American Revolution? (1770 Crispus Attucks)
Who was the first black entertainer to host his own talk show on national television? (1989 Arsenio Hall)
Who was the first African American to lead the NASA space program? (2009 Charles Frank Bolden Jr.)
Who was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? (1944 Ralph Johnson Bunche) 
Who was the first black American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal? (1908 John Baxter “Doc” Taylor Jr. winner of the 4 X 400-meter relay in London)
Which inventor had the first patent granted an African American? (1872 Elijah McCoy)
Who was the first African American to win a Grammy Award? (1959 Count [William] Basie)
Who is thought to be the United States’ first black millionaire? (1890 Thomy Lafon, New Orleans real estate speculator and moneylender)
Who was the first black named Association of College and Research Librarian of the Year? (1985 Jessie Carney Smith)
Which black first sang a principal role with the Metropolitan Opera? (1955 Marian Anderson)
When was the first black judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals? (1966 Spottswood Robinson)
Which black artist was the first to be featured in a solo exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art? (1937 William Edmondson)
When was the first black mayor of Dallas elected? (1995 Ron Kirk)
Who was the first elected black chairman of Republican National Convention? (1884 John Roy Lynch)
Who was the first known black to graduate from an American college? (1823 Alexander Lucius Twilight received a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College in Vermont)

With more than 350 photos and illustrations, this information-rich book 
also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to 
its usefulness. This vital collection will appeal to anyone interested 
in America’s amazing history and resilient people.

Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events

Celebrate the vital roles and vibrant experiences of women in America!

The most complete and affordable single-volume reference on women’s history available today, The American Women’s Almanac: 500 Years of Vitality, Triumph and Excellence is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating the moving and often lost history of women in America. It is a fascinating mix of biographies, little-known or misunderstood historical facts, enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements, and numerous photographs and illustrations. Honoring and celebrating achievements from the First Nations women and the French Huguenot Women of Fort Caroline to the unprecedented number of ethnically diverse women running for modern office, it provides insights on the long-ignored influence, inspiration, and impact of women on U.S. society and culture. 

From the first indigenous women in North America and the dangers and hardships of the 15th, 16th, and 17th century journeys to the New World to the continual push against patriarchal political, military, corporate, and societal systems and expectations, this essential book illustrates the important events and figures surrounding the suffrage movement; literature, art, and music; business leaders and breakthroughs; political history and office holders; advances in science and medicine; and other vital topics. Learn about the Nineteenth Amendment; Title IX; the legalization of birth control in 1966; the dramatic increase in women attending colleges and universities in the United States; the limitations of 19th-century women’s fashion on athletes; and so much more.

The most illustrious figures, as well as less-known stars, are revealed in The American Women’s Almanac, including Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Susan B. Anthony, Ruth Asawa, Clara Barton, Sara Blakely, Nellie Bly, Tarana Burke, Annie Jump Cannon, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Carrie Chapman Catt, Bessie Coleman, Rebecca Harding Davis, Maya Deren, Amelia Earhart, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Carly Fiorina, Dian Fossey, Helen Frankenthaler, Aretha Franklin, Temple Grandin, Mia Hamm, Anna Mae Hays, Grace Hopper, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, Barbara Jordan, Helen Keller, Julie Krone, Juliette Gordon Low, Dolley Madison, Maria Montoya Martinez, Lucretia Mott, Sara Nelson, Lynn Nottage, Sandra Day O’Connor, Pocahontas, Letty Cotton Pogrebin, E. Annie Proulx, Sally Ride, Sacagawea, Bernice Sandler, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Gloria Steinem, Lucy Stone, Pat Summitt, Amy Tan, Martha Washington, Randi Weingarten, Gladys West, Susan Wojcicki, Kristi Yamaguchi, and approximately 350 others.

This important reference also has a helpful bibliography, an extensive index, a timeline, and 550 photos, adding to its usefulness. Commemorating and honoring the achievements, people, and essential influence of women in American history, The American Women’s Almanac brings to light all there is to admire and discover about these incredible women.

The American Women's Almanac: 500 Years of Making History

A state-by-state (and Canada too!) tour of monuments, events, sites, and festivals of Indigenous American history
From ancient rock drawings, historic sites, and modern museums to eco- and cultural tourism, sports events and powwows, the Native American Landmarks and Festivals: A Traveler’s Guide to Indigenous United States and Canada provides a fascinating tour of the rich heritage of Indigenous people across the continent. Whether it’s the annual All Indian Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada, a dog-sledding trek in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, or a rough ride to the ancient Kaunolu Village Site on Lanai, Hawaii, there is lots more to experience in the Indigenous world right around the corner, including … 

 The Montezuma Castle National Monument
 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
 The Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City
 The Autry Museum of the American West
 The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
 The Thunderbird Powwow
 The First Nations Film and Video Festival in various cities and states
 The Angel Mounds State Memorial
 The Harvest Moon American Indian Festival
 The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
 Canada’s National Aboriginal Veterans Monument
 And hundreds more!

Native American Landmarks and Festivals guides the traveler to 729 landmarks, sites, festivals, and events in all 50 states and Canada. Travelers not only read about the history and traditions for each site, but maps, photos, illustrations, addresses and websites are also included to help further exploration. This book lets the reader choose from a vast array of “authentic” adventures such as dog sledding, camping in a tip, hunting and fishing expeditions, researching the history with the people who made the history, making crafts, herbal walks, building and sailing in canoes, hiking along ancient routes, exploring rock art, and preparing and eating Native foods. 

Organized by region, Indigenous enterprises are included in state and federal parks, including federal and international heritage sites, public and private museums and non-Native events that include Indigenous voice. This convenient reference also has a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. Whether traveling by car, plane, or armchair, Native American Landmarks and Festivals: A Traveler’s Guide to Indigenous United States and Canada will bring hours of enjoyable discovery.

Native American Landmarks and Festivals: A Traveler’s Guide to Indigenous United States and Canada

Shannon Rothenberger Flynn

Explore the vibrant Native American experience with this comprehensive and affordable historical overview of Indigenous communities and Native American life!

The impact of early encounters, past policies, treaties, wars, and prejudices toward America’s Indigenous peoples is a legacy that continues to mark America. The history of the United States and Native Americans are intertwined. Agriculture, place names, and language have all been influenced by Native American culture. The stories and history of pre- and post-colonial Tribal Nations and peoples continue to resonate and informs the geographical boundaries, laws, language and modern life.

From ancient rock drawings to today’s urban living, the Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations’ histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more. Ten regional chapters, including urban living, cover the narrative history, the communities, land, environment, important figures, and backgrounds of each area’s Tribal Nations and peoples. The stories of 345 Tribal Nations, biographies of 400 influential figures in all walks of life, Native American firsts, awards, and statistics are covered. 150 photographs and illustrations bring the text to life.

The most complete and affordable single-volume reference work about Native American culture available today, the Native American Almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating, demystifying, and celebrating the moving, sometimes difficult, and often lost history of the indigenous people of America. Capturing the stories and voices of the American Indian of yesterday and today, it provides a range of information on Native American history, society, and culture. A must have for anyone interested in our America’s rich history!

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