100 Amazing Facts About the Negro wit..., J. A. Rogers
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro wit..., J. A. Rogers
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof
A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro

Author: J. A. Rogers

Narrator: John Riddle

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HN Publishing

Published: 01/01/2018

Synopsis

First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers' columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley's popular Believe It or Not the multiple vignettes in each episode recount short items from Rogers's research. The feature began in the Pittsburgh Courier in November 1934 and ran through the 1960s.

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Goodreads review by Ronnie on May 16, 2012

J. A. Rogers also wrote a set called, Sex and Race, Five Negro Presidents and From Man to Superman. He self-published becasue no exiting publisher would publish him. He traveled to do his own research and was focused on unearthing historical facts about Negros, Blacks, African Americans. His use of......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on January 01, 2022

Interesting book. Definitely learned alot. There were a few "facts" that I'm taking with a grain a salt.......more

Goodreads review by Monique on February 21, 2017

I remember reading this in my early twenties, and being fascinated by the wealth of information. Note that there are several editing issues, but considering the fact that the author compiled and published the book on his own time and money back in the 1930's, he gets a pass.......more

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