Full Description
Every year more colleges and high schools are offering classes (and often making them required classes) in Black history. Joanne Turner-Sadler provides a concise and probing treatment of 400 years of Black history in America that can be used with age groups ranging from high school through college and beyond. Equally the book provides a digestible overview for anyone interested in African American history and the constructs of the culture. In African American History: An Introduction, Third Edition the author touches on key figures and events that have shaped African American culture beginning with a look at Africa and its various civilizations and the migration of the African people to America. Some essential topics covered in this updated edition:
African Kingdoms and Rise of Slavery in Europe
The Roots of Oppression in the Americas
The Origins of the Black Middle Class
Emancipation, Civil Rights, and the Quest for Equality
The First Black President and the Growth of New Coalitions
Demographic and Ethnic Change beyond the 20th Century
Them Vs. Us: Tribalism and Voter Suppression
This book is an indispensable addition to all library collections as well as a teaching tool for instructors. It is heavily illustrated (photos, maps, timelines) with useful end-of-the-chapter questions, summaries, and activities for further study. Additionally, this book contains a handy bibliography of suggested readings.
Contents
Prologue: African American History Is Now - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Early African People and Civilizations - African Empires - A Peculiar Institution—with Unintended Consequences - Review - Resistance to Enslavement in the Americas - Choosing Sides in America's Early Wars - Review - Reconstruction - Westward Movement - Review - New Century, Old Problems - The Early Struggle for Human Rights - Review - African Americans in American Society - Old Problems, New Deals, and Continued Hard Times - Review - The Modern Struggle for Civil Rights - The Black Power Movement - Review - From a Legal Point of View - Review - Achievement Against the Odds - The Quest for Quality Education: Past and Present - Review - Barack Obama: The 44th President of the United States - 2016 Presidential Election: A Campaign of Polar Opposites - Review - The Browning of America and Its Implications - The Road Ahead: Issues and Challenges - Review - Epilogue - Index.
