[Publib] best reference question ever

[Sanderson, James W.]

There has also been a lot of speculation regarding Lincoln's 1st VP, Hannibal Hamlin

James W. Sanderson
Supervising Librarian
West Avenue Library
Newport News Public Library
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Newport News, Virginia. 23607
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Emily Horner
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:45 AM
To: Publib
Subject: Re: [Publib] best reference question ever

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Lynn Carpenter
<lcarpenter at bham.lib.al.us> wrote:

>
> A little while later, a young man asked for a book on the African-American
> Presidents of the United States.  I told him that as far as I knew we hadn't
> had any.  He told me his teacher had told him there had been (this was
> twelve years ago.)  I asked if the teacher had mentioned any names and he
> said she had told him that Abraham Lincoln was African-American, so I gave
> him a book on Abraham Lincoln.
>
> Lynn
>

There actually have been a couple of books published speculating on
the possible African-American heritage of US presidents -- my former
library used to have one. I wonder if that's what the young man was
referring to.

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Negro-Presidents-J-Rogers/dp/0960229485/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227710517&sr=8-1

Emily Horner
YA Librarian
Brooklyn Public Library


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