The Making of an Afro-American: Martin Robison Delany, 1812-1885 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306807213)

Decades before Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Malcolm X, Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) proclaimed his pride in being black, and demanded not only emancipation but independence for African Americans. Grandson of an African prince, son of a slave, Delany lived a life of singular achievement: the first African-American explorer to venture into the heart of Africa; the publisher, editor, and writer of one of the first black newspapers in the U.S.; one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School; the first black to hold field grade rank of U.S. Army major during the Civil War; as well as prominent careers as an author, doctor, ethnologist, orator, judge, Freedmen's Bureau official, and spokesman for black nationalism. This assiduously researched biography brings into vivid focus the life and times of Delany, whose militant, uncompromising voice is as vital today as it was more than a century ago.

Author: Dorothy Sterling
ISBN-10: 0306807211
ISBN-13: 9780306807213
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/1996
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.41w x 0.82d