America I AM Black Facts The Timelines of African American History, 1601-2008

by Taylor, Quintard

• ISBN13: 9781401924065
• ISBN10: 1401924069
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-02
• Publisher: Hay House Inc.

Summary

Time is the great equalizer. No person, race, culture, or nation stands beyond its reach or can alter its inevitable progress. Timelines, lists of events in chronological order as they happened, allow us to understand the historical past as the evolution of events and eras. In the case of African American history, which has often been subject to blatant and subtle distortion, a timeline can both set the record straight, and expand our knowledge in new and exciting ways.

Author Biography

Dr. Quintard Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History, University of Washington, Seattle. He has devoted more than three decades of research and teaching experience to African American history.

      As the website director of the award-winning portal www.blackpast.org Dr. Taylor spearheads this 2,500 page website is dedicated to providing reference materials to the general public on African American history in the United States and on the history of people of African ancestry around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Timelines?	p. xi
The African Foundation: Before 1601	p. 1
Creating New World Communities: 1601-1700	p. 27
The World of the Enslaved: 1701-1800	p. 41
The Destruction of Slavery: 1801-1900	p. 61
The African American Century: 1901-2000	p. 113
Into the Twenty-first Century: 2001-	p. 197
African American Population of the United States, 1790-2000	p. 207
Selected Bibliography	p. 209
Acknowledgments	p. 215
About the Author	p. 219
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