Author: Melville Herskovits
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807009055
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Almost fifty years ago Melville Herskovits set out to debunk the myth that black Americans have no cultural past. Originally published in 1941, his unprecedented study of black history and culture recovered a rich African heritage in religious and secular life, the language and arts of the Americas.