African-American Odyssey, The: Special Edition, Volume 2

by Hine, Darlene Clark; Hine, William C.; Harrold, Stanley C.

• ISBN13: 9780205728770
• ISBN10: 0205728774
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

More than any other text,The African-American Odysseyilluminates the central place of African Americans in U.S. history - not only telling the story of what it has meant to be black in America, but also how African-American history is inseparably weaved into the greater context of American history and vice versa. Th This updated edition brings the story up to 2008 and the historic election of the first African-American President of the United States, Barack Obama. Told through a clear, direct, and flowing narrative by leading scholars in the field,The African-American Odysseydraws on recent research to present black history within broad social, cultural, and political frameworks. From Africa to the Twenty-First Century, this book follows their long, turbulent journey, including the rich culture that African Americans have nurtured throughout their history and the many-faceted quest for freedom in which African Americans have sought to counter oppression and racism. This text also recognizes the diversity within the African-American sphere - providing coverage of all class and of women and balancing the lives of ordinary men and women with the accounts and actions of black leaders and individuals.

Table of Contents

The Meaning of Freedom: The Promise of Reconstruction, 1865ndash;1868	p. 258
The Meaning of Freedom: The Failure of Reconstruction	p. 284
Searching for Safe Spaces	p. 306
White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century	p. 308
Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy	p. 334
Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 364
African Americans and the 1920s	p. 400
The Great Depression and World War II	p. 426
The Great Depression and The New Deal	p. 428
Black Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s	p. 454
The World War II Era and Seeds of a Revolution	p. 480
The Black Revolution	p. 510
The Freedom Movement, 1954-1965	p. 512
The Struggle Continues, 1965-1980	p. 542
Black Politics, White Backlash, 1980 to Present	p. 576
African Americans in the New Millenium Epilogue: ldquo;A Nation Within a Nationrdquo;	p. 608
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