Encyclopedia of African American Society

The general editor of this reference resource reports how frequently he was sent letters and e‐mail asking for information about aspects of African American society; requests from people of all ages and covering a wide spectrum of topics – personalities, issues, events – from the straightforward to the complex. When asked to edit this work, “one of my first thoughts was of these kinds of requests and the people who made them … Our objective was to gather in two volumes a comprehensive assembly of concise essays that would provide many of the answers to just the kinds of questions...