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William Loren Katz

William Loren Katz is the author of Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage and 40 other books on African American history. His books have won awards and his research, writing and lectures have earned praise from such noted figures as John Hope FranklinHenry Louis Gates, Jr.John Henrik ClarkeHoward ZinnAlice WalkerCornel WestIvan Van SertimaBetty Shabazz, and Dr. Ralph Bunche. He has spoken at more than 50 universities and dozens of museums, and libraries. He has been affiliated with New York University since 1973.

The updated, expanded Black Indians brings the story of this heroic American coalition’s battle for freedom from the time of Columbus up to the 21st century, and features many new fascinating events and men and women.

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage

Photo: From Dr. Katz Collection. The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America is now available with updated, revised and expanded content.

The expanded and updated edition of Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage brings the Native American and African American alliance that for four centuries challenged the European conquest and slavery into the 21st century with additional research and documentary and photographic evidence.

The new edition reveals the story of the African guides and translators of the colonial era who became valued contacts with Indigenous peoples, examines the African and Indian alliance known as the Pueblo revolt of 1680 that ended Spain’s rule of the southwest for a dozen years, introduduces Francisco Menendez and the 1738 Black Indian community that defended its liberty in Florida against British incursions, and describes the Lowry Gang in North Carolina that fought the Civil War Confederacy and then battled the KKK.

This edition also provides new information on how western African American pioneer women often took the lead in aiding Native Americans; the ironic role of the Black “Buffalo Soldiers” sent to fight the great Native American nations in the West, and those who refused.

Katz introduces readers to Lucy Parsons, a former enslaved Black Indian, and a brilliant, and fiery orator and writer who became a socialist revolutionary; and to militant Black Indian Congressman George Henry White who introduced the first anti-lynching bill in 1900. Readers will hear of both the debates and efforts toward unity started in the 1960s between Dr. Martin Luther King, Dick Gregory, Stokely Carmichael [Kwame Ture], the American Indian Movement, and Black Power Movement, and between political prisoners Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu Jamal.

Bio: William Loren Katz is the author of Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage and 40 other books on African American history. His books have won awards and his research, writing and lectures have earned widespread praise from noted scholars such as John Hope Franklin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Henrik Clarke, Howard Zinn, James M. McPherson, Alice Walker, Cornel West, Ivan Van Sertima, Betty Shabazz, and Dr. Ralph Bunche. He is an acclaimed lecturer who has spoken at more than 50 universities and dozens of museums, and libraries.

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