cover image George Washington Williams: A Biography

George Washington Williams: A Biography

John Hope Franklin. University of Chicago Press, $16 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-226-26084-6

Williams (1849-1891), son of a former slave, had many notable careers: clergyman, editor-publisher, politician, diplomat and, above all, historian, and was the first to write a scholarly history of American blacks. PW called this a ""beautifully researched, excellent biography.'' (October)