This anthology comprises speeches by influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. Contents include the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass' immortal "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Martin Luther King, Jr., 's "I Have a Dream," Barack Obama, and many others.
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age 16, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. Candlewick Press
For one-semester courses in African-American History. Incorporating the basic features and narrative from The African-American Odyssey, this concise history presents its major episodes, issues and people. Ideally suited for one-semester courses or for instructors who want a brief core text, it tells a compelling story of survival, struggle, and ...
Here is a magnificent account of a past rich in beauty and creativity, but also in tragedy and trauma. Eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter blends a vivid narrative based on the latest research with a wonderful array of artwork by African American artists, works which add a new depth to our understanding of black history. Painter offers a history ...
Historian Lerone Bennett, Jr., chronicles American history through the experiences of African-Americans, from their earliest arrival through key epochs in their history. BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER is a groundbreaking book that has become a classic in both history and Black Studies for its in-depth look at the essential presence of African American in ...
More than any other text, The African-American Odyssey illuminates the central place of African Americans in U.S. history -- not only telling the story of what it has meant to be black in America, but also how African-American history is inseparably weaved into the greater context of American history and vice versa. This updated edition brings the ...
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays and is designed to encourage critical thinking about the history and culture of African Americans. The book presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and ...
This collection of primary sources from Longman's Primary Sources in American History series presents a view of our nation's history as seen through the eyes of African Americans, and helps the reader relate to the experiences of ordinary people while offering a vivid snapshot of those lives in different historical periods.
In this memoir by the accomplished civil rights leader and businessman, Vernon Jordan recalls his upbringing in a loving family, his years at a white college and then Howard University Law School, and his role in the struggle for civil rights as leader of the National Urban League. Jordan continued his success, in business and public life, as a ...
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays and is designed to encourage critical thinking about the history and culture of African Americans. The book presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and ...
The first major historical work on Jim Crow since C. Vann Woodward's 1955 classic, this acclaimed book charts the shameful years from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights movement. The author of seven nonfiction books, Packard brings a historian's viewpoint to a phenomenon that surpasses credulity.
Written by the top authorities on different musical styles and cultural issues in African-American music, "African-American Music: An Introduction" presents an outstanding survey that looks at the progress of this legendary music form, from its earliest folk traditions through to the Rap and Hip Hop of today's modern music. Focusing on musical ...
For one/two-semester, undergraduate courses in African-American History, African-American Studies, and United States History. Written by leading scholars, The African-American Odyssey is a clear and comprehensive narrative of African-American history, from its African roots to the 21st century. This text places African-American history at the ...
Building on the authoritative text of the first edition, "Atlas of African-American History, Revised Edition" chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of African Americans through the years. Completely updated and revised, this fascinating book features numerous full-color maps - 18 of which are new - that ...
Engaging and accessibly written, Strange New Land explores the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom before the United States became a nation. Beginning with the colonization of North America, Peter Wood documents the transformation of slavery from a brutal form of indentured servitude to a full-blown system of racial domination. Strange ...
W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Carter G. Woodson, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Pryor, Alice Walker, Spike Lee....These profiles reflect the achievements by African-Americans in many fields of endeavor and collectively testify to their influence on American life. Ten bios for each of ten decades, prepared under the ...
Addy's six adventures are available in one volume in this keepsake treasure that features exquisite covers, vellum dust jackets, full-color illustrations, gilded pages and a gold-ribbon marker. Consumable.
In his vivid, fast-paced narrative of the era now known as reconstruction, Budiansky illuminates the lives of five remarkable men, whose idealism in the face of overwhelming hatred would not be matched for nearly a century. 8-page b&w photo insert.
This landmark collection of Dr. King's speeches includes "The Birth of a New Nation" from 1955; "I Have a Dream," the famous speech delivered at the 1963 march on Washington; and "I've Been to the Mountaintop," which was given by King on the night before his assassination.
This book is the only comprehensive illustrated history of African Americans. Written by the most prominent of the new generation of historians, the book describes how African Americans have shaped and changed the history of this country. It traces the history of Africans in the Americas from Reconstruction to the present. The book looks at ...
In Death or Liberty, Douglas R. Egerton offers a sweeping chronicle of African American history stretching from Britain's 1763 victory in the Seven Years' War to the election of slaveholder Thomas Jefferson as president in 1800. While American slavery is usually identified with the cotton plantations, Egerton shows that on the eve of the ...
The dramatic personal and political stories behind the Civil Rights Movement as it happened across the North and the South with a key focus from 1950-1975.
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