1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History

by STEWART, JEFFREY C.

• ISBN13: 9780517228401
• ISBN10: 0517228408
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-03
• Publisher: Gramercy

Summary

Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaining account of the most significant events, individuals and social processes of African-American history? Fear not, because1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American Historyis history at your fingertips-in a concise, accessible, easily-read format. Jeffrey C. Stewart, Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, takes the reader on an all-encompassing journey through the entirety of African-American history that is pithy, provocative, and encyclopedic in scope. Here are all the people, terms, ideas, events, and social processes that make African-American history such a fascinating and inspiring subject. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American Historycovers all the significant information in six broad sections: Great Migrations; Civil Rights and Politics; Science, Inventions and Medicine; Sports; Military; Culture and Religion. It will entertain as well as instruct, and it can be read from beginning to end as well as opened at random and read at any length without confusion. A necessary addition to every family's library,1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American Historypresents African American history in a fun, engaging and intelligent way. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Great Migrations	1	(60)
Civil Rights and Politics	61	(120)
African Americans in the Military	181	(44)
Culture and Religion	225	(94)
Invention, Science, and Medicine	319	(32)
Sports	351	(34)
Select Bibliography	385	(4)
Index	389