San Antonio College Library

A three-century history of African-American journeys back to Africa, from an America where depicted travelers or their ancestors were slaves, traces the experiences of such people as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the founders of Liberia.

"The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago showed the world that America had come of age. African Americans, dreaming that they could participate fully as citizens, flocked to the fair by the thousands. "All the World Is Here!" examines why they came and the ways in which they participated in the Exposition." "According to Reed, African Americans' expectations of the fair varied, reflecting the disparate interests and backgrounds found among...