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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent. Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This bilingual picture book recounts the life of Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, the Mexican general born in Goliad, Texas, who lead his army to defeat the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, which is now celebrated in the United States as Cinco de Mayo."--
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín was born in Goliad, Texas, in 1829, when Texas was part of Mexico. His family lived on a Mexican fort because his father was a soldier in the army. Ignacio wanted to be a just like his father! When he was seven, Texas became independent from Mexico, and the family had to move to Matamoros, Mexico. Later they moved to Monterrey. Ignacio tried to join the Mexican army in 1846 when the United States declared war, but he was too...
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