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Author Booker, Christopher B. (Christopher Brian), 1949-

Title "I will wear no chain!" : a social history of African-American males / Christopher B. Booker.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.38896 B644i    ---  Available
Description xii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.
Contents Slavery and the development of black masculinity, 1619-1860 -- The context of black masculine development during the antebellum era -- The development of African American masculinity among free black males, 1619-1861 -- The Civil War and the black male -- African American males and the challenge of emancipation, 1865-1895 -- Booker T. Washington, accommodationism, and black masculinity -- Black males, race riots, and the scourge of lynching -- Marcus Garvey and the new negro man -- The emergence of the urban black male : increasing black power, 1945-1972 -- African American males in contemporary society, 1972-present.
Subject African American men -- History.
African American men -- Social conditions.
Masculinity -- United States -- History.
Sex role -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0275956377 (alk. paper)

 
    
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