Historical Cookbook of The American Negro by National Council of Negro Women and Dorothy Height

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  • ISBN 10 0807009652
  • ISBN 13 9780807009659
  • Published Feb 28 2006
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Edition New edition
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Beacon Press
  • Imprint Beacon Press

Publishers Text

First published in 1958 by the National Council of Negro Women, this book includes contributions from members in 36 states, plus the District of Columbia and offers exceptional insight into American history and the African-American community at the time of its publication. As John Hope Franklin (whose own family owns a copy of the book) points out, much of the cultural information in the cookbook has never been passed down to successive generations.


Arranged according to the calendar year, the cookbook opens with a cake to be baked in celebration of both New Year's Day and the Emancipation Proclamation. Scattered among the recipes one finds excerpts from documents such as the Gettysburg Address and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Tributes to well-known figures like Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley and Booker T. Washington appear alongside brief bios and recipes in celebration of important but obscured figures. This delightful collection of delicious recipes helps us commemorate African-American history throughout the year.

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