African American breakthroughs : 500 years of black firsts / Jay P. Pederson and Jessie Carney Smith, editors.

Summaries by subject include the event and a brief biography of the individual involved in the hundreds of firsts by African Americans. African American Almanac features historical and current information on African American life and culture. Biography profiles hundreds of notable African Americans. Breakthroughs provides fascinating details on hundreds of milestones involving African Americans. Chronology features significant milestones in all aspects of African American history beginning in 1492. Voices contains 35 full or excerpted speeches and other notable spoken words of African Americans.