Rogers, a self-taught Jamaican-American historian and journalist, packed one hundred short, documented claims about African people and their achievements into this landmark of popular Black history. Each entry pairs a statement with the sources Rogers marshaled as its "proof," ranging across African civilizations, Black figures in world history, and the African presence on every continent. Self-published in 1934, the little book became one of the best-selling works of Black history of its era and helped launch the modern popular study of the global African past.
Author: J. A. Rogers (Joel Augustus Rogers) · Original publisher: J. A. Rogers Publications (New York), 1934
