Black History: History in an Hour
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Rupert Colley
About this listen
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
Encompassing everything from immigration to civil war, emancipation, slavery and migration, Black History in an Hour gives you a neat overview of this vast and fascinating subject.
This audio download is a superb introduction to the long and varied history of African Americans.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…
©2012 Rupert Colley (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past’ Dominic Sandbrook
‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller
‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com
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- AG N12
- 23-08-20
Concise history
A concise history flipping between the US and UK. Great book to use to get your kids updated on the important parts of history that unfortunately doesn’t get taught in UK schools.
Not sure about the random American accent that pops up every now and then. But overall a good listen
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- christine bent
- 17-03-19
Great
So much information I love it got a lot of information in a short book
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- Callum Urquhart
- 14-06-16
Useful Overview
This is a useful overview which highlights the plight of black people and the sheer stupidity and ignorance of Britain and the USA.
They treated people as possessions, or resources, no better than a mule and took decades to level the rights of blacks with whites.
The film "Mississippi Burning" tells the story of one of the events mentioned in this book and is worth watching.
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- Rick Da-Ruler
- 11-09-19
nice read
it as good I like the force and it was just the right length for me to enjoy
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- Joshua Mckenzie
- 31-08-16
very informative
Great listen and interesting there was not one moment of boredom as the book had me hooked throughout!!!
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- Tevin Gongo
- 16-08-17
Black history
Telling the Black History or any similar topic in an hour or less is quite a challenge. My opinion: the author made a great job. Obviously, that should just be the starting point for anyone interested in history of human beings. And is there any better way to avoid mistakes than learning from our past? Tevin GM
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- cmj123
- 05-06-17
Civil right history not equal to black history
The title 'Black History' is not necessarily the best title for such a book. A better title is 'Black civil right history.' Nothing was mentioned about black contributions in science, arts and innovation. To me, the book examines more the negative and weaker aspect of black history.
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- Rachel Matthews
- 11-10-16
I learned a lot in an hour
I truly enjoyed this bite sized piece of black history. The book takes us from the beginning of slavery right through to the end of the civil rights movement in America and its aftermath. Just one bad point, every time the narrator put on an American accent I cringed, deeply. Can someone please tell him never to do that again please? Thank you.
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