| Description |
xxi, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Africa, slavery, and the shaping of Black culture -- An unsecure people: free Negroes in America -- Family and church: enduring institutions -- Sex and racism -- Blacks and the politics of redemption -- The economics of hope and despair -- American Archipelago: Blacks and criminal justice -- The battle for education -- Military service and the paradox of loyalty -- White proscriptions and Black protests -- Black nationalism |
| Summary |
This powerful, provocative survey is organized around the key issues of Afro-American history: Africa and slavery, family, religion, sex and racism, politics, economics, education, criminal justice, discrimination and protest movements, and black nationalism |
| Analysis |
United States Black persons to 1980 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 424-456 |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights.
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African Americans -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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| Author |
Blassingame, John W., 1940-2000, author
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| LC no. |
80024748 |
| ISBN |
0195029097 |
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0195029100 (paperback) |
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