I, Too, Am Norfolk: A History of African Americans in Norfolk, Virginia

"This history, commissioned by the City of Norfolk, shows that African Americans have been an integral part of Norfolk's history from its very beginning, comprising 30 to 45 percent of the city's population for more than four centuries. As the authors stress, this is not an encyclopedic history of African Americans in Norfolk, but a selective narrative that seeks to bring history alive by focusing on representative figures of each historical period who struggled to improve the lives of Norfolk's Black residents"-- Provided by publisher.