Benjamin Quarles
Benjamin Quarles (1904-1996) was a noted author, editor, and historian and the first African American to be published in what later became the Journal of American History . Africana hails him as a key figure in the emergence of African-American history as an academic discipline.
Benjamin Quarles (1904-1996) was a noted author, editor, and historian and the first African American to be published in what later became the Journal of American History . Africana hails him as a key figure in the emergence of African-American history as an academic discipline. See less
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Benjamin Quarles book reviews
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The Negro in the Civil War.
The African American Civil War Experience
Benjamin Quarles's "The Negro in the Civil War" first appeared in 1953, before the Supreme Court's watershed decision in Brown v. Board of Education. At the time the book was written, little public ... Read More
