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Illustrated Black history : honoring the iconic and the unseen / George McCalman with April Reynolds.

by McCalman, George.

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Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.

920.009296 M122i

Blacks -- United States -- Biography.

Blacks -- Biography.

Blacks -- United States -- Pictorial works.

Blacks -- Pictorial works.

9780062913234 (hc)

xxxii, 345 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Kareen Abdul-Jabbar (athlete, author, public speaker) -- Bass Reeves (lawman) -- Cato Alexander (mixologist) -- Jourdan Anderson (rebel) -- Madeline Anderson (producer, documentarian, director) -- Maya Angelou (poet, author, activist, professor) -- Amy Ashwood Garvey (activist) -- Augusta Braxton Baker (librarian, teacher) -- James Baldwin (author, essayist, scholar) -- Edward Bannister (artist) -- Jean-Michel Basquiat (artist) -- Romare Bearden (artist) -- 1936 Berlin Olympics athletes (athletes) -- Mary McLeod Bethune (educator, college founder/president) -- Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, Ayọ Tometi (Black Lives Matter cofounders, activists) -- Terence Blanchard (musician) -- Guion Stewart Bluford (military pilot, astronaut) -- J. Max Bond Jr. (architect) -- Bronner Brothers (entrepreneurs) -- LeRonn P. Brooks (curator, archivist) -- Ralph Bunche (diplomat) -- Tarana Burke (activist) -- Octavia Butler (writer) -- Cab Calloway (musician) -- Steve Cannon (writer, publisher, mentor) -- Johnnie Carr (activist) -- Terri Lyne Carrington (musician) -- Ben Carson (neurosurgeon, politician) -- Ruth E. Carter (stylist, costume designer) -- Charleston Caterers (chefs) -- Leah Chase (chef, restaurateur) -- Shirley Chisholm (activist, politician) -- Kathleen Neal Cleaver (activist) -- Mary Francis Hill Coley (midwife) -- Kathleen Collins (playwright, writer, filmmaker) -- John William Coltrane (musician) -- Claudette Colvin (activist) -- The Compton Cowboys (athletes) -- Fanny Jackson Coppin (educator) -- Hannah Crafts (writer) -- Celia Cruz (musician) -- Dorothy Dandridge (actor, performer) -- Julie Dash (film director) -- Charles Dawson (artist) -- Daniel Day (entrepreneur, haberdasher) -- Roy DeCarava (photographer) -- Ruby Dee + Ossie Davis (actors, activists) -- Thornton Dial (artist) -- Emory Douglas (artist, graphic designer) -- Frederick Douglass (activist, orator, statesman) -- Paul Laurence Dunbar (writer, poet) -- Katherine Dunham (choreographer, dancer) -- Yla Eason (entrepreneur) -- Lee Elder (athlete) -- Francine Everett (actor, performer) -- Abby Fisher (culinary guru) -- John Stanley Ford (entrepreneur) -- Aretha Franklin (musician,singer, songwriter) -- Lenora Branch Fulani (activist, politician) -- Althea Gibson (athlete) -- Eloyce + James Gist (evangelicals, filmmakers) -- Nathan "Nearest" Green (distiller) -- Dick Gregory (comedian, writer, performer, activist) -- Eliza Ann Grier (doctor) -- Fannie Lou Hamer (activist, organizer) -- Bethann Hardison (model, agent) -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (poet, author, activist) -- Dorothy Height (activist) -- James Hemings (chef) -- Juano Hernández (actor) -- Anita Hill (lawyer, professor) -- Gregory Hines (actor, activist, dancer, performer) -- bell hooks (writer, activist, professor) -- Lena Horne (singer, actor) -- Langston Hughes (writer, poet) -- Zora Neale Hurston (writer, playwright, anthropologist) -- Amy Jacques Garvey (activist) -- Judith Jamison (dancer, choreographer, executive director) -- Baby Esther Jones (performer) -- Bill T. Jones (dancer, choreographer, executive director) -- Grace Jones (actor, performer, model) -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (athlete) -- Colin Kaepernick (athlete, activist) -- Henrietta Lacks (medical pioneer) -- Jacob Lawrence (artist) -- Edmonia Lewis (sculptor) -- Edna Lewis (culinary guru) -- John Lewis (activist, politician) -- Alain LeRoy Locke (writer, activist, editor) -- Audre Lorde (poet) -- Haki Madhubuti (poet) -- Annie Turnbo Malone (entrepreneur) -- 54th Massechusetts Infantry (soldiers) -- Oscar Micheaux (writer, producer) -- Scipio Moorhead (artist) -- Toni Morrison (author, editor) -- Walter Mosley (author) -- Archibald Motley Jr. (artist) -- Diane Nash (activist) -- Nicholas Brothers (choreographers, dancers) -- Satchel Paige (athlete) -- Suzan-Lori Parks (playwright) -- Eva Jefferson Paterson (civil rights attorney, activist) -- Leah Penniman (farmer, food-justice activist) -- Renee Powell (athlete) -- Harriet Powers (textile artist) -- Richard Pryor (comedian, performer) -- Dee Rees (filmmaker Faith Ringgold (artist) -- Minnie Riperton (singer, performer) -- Paul Robeson (actor, performer, activist) -- David Ruggles (abolitionist) -- Patrice Rushen (musician, composer, musical director) -- Jason Samuels Smith (dancer) -- Augusta Savage (sculptor) -- Gil Scott-Heron (musician, activist) -- Amy Sherald (artist) -- Nina Simone (musician, performer, songwriter) -- Norma Merrick Sklarek (architect) -- Moneta Sleet Jr. (photographer) -- Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor (culinary guru) -- Robert F. Smith (entrepreneur, philanthropist) -- André Leon Talley (fashion muse) -- Robert Robinson Taylor (architect) -- Mary Church Terrell (activist) -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe (musician) -- Mickalene Thomas (artist) -- Vivien Thomas (medical pioneer, surgeon) -- Toni Tipton-Martin (culinary guru) -- Kwame Ture (organizer, activist) -- Morrie Turner (artist, cartoonist) -- Melvin Van Peebles (writer, filmmaker, producer) -- Sarah Vaughan (singer, performer) -- Madam C.J. Walker (entrepreneur) -- Maggie Lena Walker (activist, businesswoman) -- Carrie Mae Weems (photographer) -- Ida B. Wells (journalist, publisher, activist) -- Charles White (artist) -- Maurice White (musician) -- Clarence "Cap" Wigington (architect) -- Raven Wilkinson (dancer) -- George Washington Williams (historian, soldier, minister) -- Marie Selika Williams (opera singer) -- Paul Revere Williams (architect) -- Bradford Young (cinematographer, director) -- Essayists / Marvin K. White ; Emil Wilbekin ; Bryant Terry ; Patrice Peck ; Oriana Koren.

"A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers -- famous and little-known -- in politics, science, literature, music, and more -- with biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer. Illustrated Black History is a breathtaking collection of original portraits depicting black heroes -- both famous and unsung -- who made their mark on activism, science, politics, business, medicine, technology, food, arts, entertainment, and more. Each entry includes a lush drawing or painting by artist George McCalman, along with an insightful essay summarizing the person’s life story. The 145 entries range from the famous to the little-known, from literary luminary James Baldwin to documentarian Madeline Anderson, who produced “I Am Somebody” about the 1969 strike of mostly female hospital workers; from Aretha Franklin to James and Eloyce Gist, who had a traveling ministry in the early 1900s; from Colin Kaepernick to Guion S. Bluford, the first Black person to travel into space. Beautifully designed with over 300 unique four-color artworks and accessible to readers of all ages, this eye-opening, educational, dynamic, and timely compendium pays homage to Black Americans and their achievements, and showcases the depth and breadth of Black genius."--Publisher.

Reynolds, April.

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