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Image one: E-book titled American Founders: How People of African Descent established Freedom in the New World (2018) - synopsis: Reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how Black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the Americas from the 16th through the 20th century.
Image two: E-book titled We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (2015) - synopsis: Places popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. This book explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. It also demonstrates that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans -- black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and 'grunts' -- whose personal reflections drive the book's narrative.