The myth of the Negro past
Biological sciences in general
Black race
African Continental Ancestry Group
NATURAL SCIENCES
African americans, history
History of Medicine
Negers
Noirs américains
Culture
Civilisation
Anthropology
Race relations
African Americans
History
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.…
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