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The African Americans
Author | : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.),Donald Yacovone |
Publsiher | : Smiley Books |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781401935146 |
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Chronicles five hundred years of African-American history from the origins of slavery on the African continent through Barack Obama's second presidential term, examining contributing political and cultural events.
Becoming African Americans
Author | : Clare Corbould |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2009-03-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0674032624 |
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In 2000, the United States census allowed respondents for the first time to tick a box marked “African American” in the race category. The new option marked official recognition of a term that had been gaining currency for some decades. Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Following the great migration of black southerners to northern cities after World War I, the search for roots and for meaningful affiliations became subjects of debate and display in a growing black public sphere. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations sought a prouder past in ancient Egypt and forged links to contemporary Africa. In plays, pageants, dance, music, film, literature, and the visual arts, they aimed to give stature and solidity to the American black community through a new awareness of the African past and the international black world. Their consciousness of a dual identity anticipated the hyphenated identities of new immigrants in the years after World War II, and an emerging sense of what it means to be a modern American.
African Americans and Africa
Author | : Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2019-05-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780300244915 |
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An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.
100 Greatest African Americans
Author | : Molefi Kete Asante |
Publsiher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2010-06-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781615924233 |
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Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual''s significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and the demonstration of risk for the collective good; unusual will and determination in the face of the greatest danger or against the most stubborn odds; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people. In adopting these criteria Professor Asante has sought to steer away from the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates the most popular, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of celebrity. The individuals in this book - examples of lasting greatness as opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity fame - come from four centuries of African American history. Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant dates, an assessment of the individual''s place in African American history with particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her unique impact on American society. Numerous pictures and illustrations will accompany the articles. This superb reference work will complement any library and be of special interest to students and scholars of American and African American history.
Creating Black Americans
Author | : Nell Irvin Painter |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African American artists |
ISBN | : 9780195137552 |
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Blending a vivid narrative with more than 150 images of artwork, Painter offers a history--from before slavery to today's hip-hop culture--written for a new generation.
In the Shadow of Slavery
Author | : Leslie M. Harris |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2023-12-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226824864 |
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A new edition of a classic work revealing the little-known history of African Americans in New York City before Emancipation. The popular understanding of the history of slavery in America almost entirely ignores the institution’s extensive reach in the North. But the cities of the North were built by—and became the home of—tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans, many of whom would continue to live there as free people after Emancipation. In the Shadow of Slavery reveals the history of African Americans in the nation’s largest metropolis, New York City. Leslie M. Harris draws on travel accounts, autobiographies, newspapers, literature, and organizational records to extend prior studies of racial discrimination. She traces the undeniable impact of African Americans on class distinctions, politics, and community formation by offering vivid portraits of the lives and aspirations of countless black New Yorkers. This new edition includes an afterword by the author addressing subsequent research and the ongoing arguments over how slavery and its legacy should be taught, memorialized, and acknowledged by governments.
African Americans
Author | : Darlene Clark Hine,William C. Hine,Stanley Harrold |
Publsiher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 0205806279 |
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A compelling story of agency, survival, struggle and triumph over adversity. This text illuminates the central place of African Americans in U.S. history by telling the story of what it has meant to be black in America and how African-American history is inseparably woven into the greater context of American history. African Americans draws on recent research to present black history within broad social, cultural and political frameworks. From Africa to the 21st century, this book follows the long turbulent journey of African Americans, the rich culture they have nurtured throughout their history and the quest for freedom through which African Americans have sought to counter oppression and racism. This text also recognizes the diversity within the African-American sphere, providing coverage of class and gender and balancing the lives of ordinary men and women with accounts of black leaders. Note: MyHistoryLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyHistoryLab at no extra charge, please visit www.MyHistoryLab.com or use ISBN: 9780205090754.
Technology and the African American Experience
Author | : Bruce Sinclair |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0262195046 |
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The intersection of race and technology: blackcreativity and the economic and social functions of the myth ofdisengenuity.