George Washington Williams: A Biography

by John Hope Franklin

Book Overview

In George Washington Williams, John Hope Franklin reconstructs the life of the controversial, self-made black intellectual who wrote the first history of African Americans in the United States. Awarded the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize, this book traces Franklin's forty-year quest for Williams's story, a story largely lost to history until this volume was first published in 1985. The result, part biography and part social history, is a unique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321645
• ISBN13: 9780822321644
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"