01568cam a2200313 4500 425465114 TxAuBib 19960618120000.0 820609s1981||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 81051226 9780876110553 0876110553 9780876110560 pbk. 0876110561 pbk. (OCoLC)8552042 TxAuBib Black Leaders [Paperback] : Texans for Their Times / edited by Alwyn Barr and Robert A. Calvert. Austin, Tex : Texas State Historical Association, 1981. 237 p : ports ; 23 cm. Dave, a rebellious slave -- William Goyens -- Matt Gaines -- William M. McDonald -- Mary Branch -- W.R. Banks -- Heman Marion Sweatt -- John Biggers. Black leaders in Texas, both men and women, have contributed numerous examples of perseverance and triumph. This volume examines the lives of some of those black Texans who, in the words of Frederick Douglass, led the movement to "devise and carry out measures for their own social advancement, and for the general improvement of their condition." An excellent supplementary textbook. 19960618. In Memory Of Marjorie Meisenheimer By Gretchen & Steven Keng, Kelley & Kristen. African Americans fast Texas Biography. African Americans fast History. Texas fast Biography. Barr, Alwyn. TXGID