Download or read book African American Firsts, 4th Edition written by Joan Potter and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated to include current events such as Barack Obama's presidency, and drawn from old documents, records, letters, family histories and government files, a fascinating guide offers a look at African Americans who achieved major firsts in such areas as politics, science and medicine, journalism, entertainment, the military and history. Original.