| Description |
xvi, 487 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In this work, the author gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images, ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, this book focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. The author takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, he bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single "Black Experience." |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History.
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African Americans -- History -- Pictorial works.
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United States -- Civilization -- African American influences.
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| ISBN |
9780307593429 |
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0307593428 |
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