Major Problems in African American History Volume II: From Freedom to "Freedom Now," 1865 - 1990s

by Holt, Thomas C.; Brown, Elsa Barkley

• ISBN13: 9780669462937
• ISBN10: 0669462934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-16
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays and is designed to encourage critical thinking about the history and culture of African Americans. The book presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.

Table of Contents

Preface	x
Interpreting African-American History	1	(35)
Documents
The Brownies' Book Encourages Black Children to Know Their History, 1920	3	(1)
Carter G. Woodson on His Goals for Black History, 1922	3	(1)
Mary McLeod Bethune Outlines the Objectives of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1937	4	(2)
John Hope Franklin Explains the Lonely Dilemma of the American Negro Scholar, 1963	6	(1)
Vincent Harding on the Differences Between Negro History and Black History, 1971	7	(2)
Lucille Clifton on the Nurturing of History, c. 1990	9	(1)
Essays
The History of African-American History	10	(5)
John Hope Franklin
The Burden of African-American History: Memory, Justice, and a Usable Past	15	(9)
David W. Blight
Sites of Memory, Sites of Struggle: The ``Materials'' of History	24	(10)
Fath Davis Ruffins
Further Reading	34	(2)
The Work of Reconstruction	36	(51)
Documents
African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, Petition President Andrew Johnson, 1865	38	(2)
Freedmen of Edisto Island, South Carolina, Demand Land, 1865	40	(1)
Captain Charles Soule, Northern Army Officer, Lectures Ex-Slaves on the Responsibilities of Freedom, 1865	41	(2)
A Share-Wages Contract, 1865	43	(1)
Charles Raushenberg, a Freedmen's Bureau Agent, Reports from Georgia, 1867	44	(3)
Martin Lee, a Freedman, Struggles to Reunite His Family, 1866	47	(1)
Elizabeth Botume, a Northern Schoolteacher, Remembers a Husband and Wife Reunion, c. 1865	48	(2)
Harriet Hernandes, a South Carolina Woman, Testifies Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1871	50	(4)
Elected Representatives, 1872	54	(2)
Essays
Schools for Freedom	56	(13)
Herbert G. Gutman
Defining Free Labor	69	(6)
Julie Saville
The Labor of Politics	75	(10)
Elsa Barkley Brown
Further Reading	85	(2)
Renegotiating African-American Life in the New South	87	(39)
Documents
Black Southerners Look Toward Kansas, 1877	89	(1)
David C. Barrow, Jr., a Georgia Planter's Son, Describes the Emergence of Sharecropping, 1880	90	(2)
Nate Shaw Aims to Make a Living Farming, 1907-1908	92	(2)
Black Southerners Appeal to President William McKinley for Federal Protection, 1898-1900	94	(3)
Representative George White of North Carolina Delivers His Final Speech on the Floor of Congress, 1901	97	(1)
Richmond Planet Reports a Streetcar Boycott, 1904-1905	98	(3)
A Public Library Opens in Louisville, Kentucky, 1908	101	(1)
Essays
Renegotiating the Community	102	(13)
Elsa Barkley Brown
The Politics of Labor	115	(10)
Tera W. Hunter
Further Reading	125	(1)
Rural Exodus and the Growth of New Urban Communities	126	(30)
Documents
Black Population in Selected Cities, 1910-1930	128	(1)
Migrants' Letters, 1917	128	(4)
Helpful Hints for Migrants to Detroit, 1918	132	(1)
George Edmund Haynes, a Black Social Scientist, Surveys Detroit, 1918	133	(2)
A Migrant Family Adjusts to Life in Chicago, 1922	135	(2)
Migration Blues	137	(1)
Essays
The Great Migration	138	(6)
Peter Gottlieb
Caribbean Connections	144	(10)
Irma Watkins-Owens
Further Reading	154	(2)
Defining a Race Politics	156	(30)
Documents
Ida B. Wells Urges Self-Defense, 1892	158	(1)
Booker T. Washington Promotes Accommodationism, 1895	159	(2)
Resolutions of the National Association of Colored Women, 1904	161	(1)
The Niagara Men Pledge Themselves to Persistent Agitation, 1905	162	(1)
Maggie Lena Walker Talks to Black Men About Racial Responsibility, 1906	163	(3)
Promoting Black Towns, c. 1907	166	(1)
Ten Thousand Charlestonians Petition for Black Teachers in Black Schools, 1919	167	(1)
The Messenger Urges Black and White Workers to Organize, 1919	168	(1)
Marcus Garvey Assesses the Situation for Black People, 1922	169	(1)
Essays
Race and Feminism	170	(7)
Deborah Gray White
Race Consciousness and Radicalism	177	(7)
Winston James
Further Reading	184	(2)
The Culture Wars	186	(34)
Documents
A Review of Scott Joplin's Opera Treemonisha, 1911	188	(1)
Blues Lyrics of the 1920s	189	(1)
Rev. George W. Harvey, Baptist Minister, Denounces Swinging Spirituals, 1939	190	(2)
Alain Locke, Philosopher, Defines the ``New Negro,'' 1925	192	(2)
Langston Hughes, Poet and Writer, Critiques His Critics, 1940	194	(3)
Screening the Race, 1925	197	(1)
Zora Neale Hurston, Writer and Anthropologist, Takes Her University Training Home, 1927	198	(1)
A Roundtable Discussion on African Survivals in Gullah Language, 1941	199	(3)
Essays
The Blues Aesthetic and Black Vernacular Dance	202	(8)
Tera W. Hunter
Constructing Working-Class Culture	210	(8)
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Further Reading	218	(2)
Opportunities Lost and Found	220	(31)
Documents
Black Population in Selected Cities, 1940--1960	222	(1)
Charles Hamilton Houston and John P. Davis Critique the Lily-White Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934	222	(3)
Protesting Lynching: A National Crime, 1934	225	(1)
A ``Black Cabinet'' Assembles, 1938	226	(1)
Louise ``Mamma'' Harris Describes Labor Organizing in Richmond, Virginia, Tobacco Factories, 1940	226	(3)
A Marine's Letter to A. Philip Randolph About Discrimination in the Marine Corps, c. 1943	229	(1)
Breaking the Color Bar in Sports, 1947	230	(2)
Essays
Radical Organizing During the Depression	232	(7)
Robin D. G. Kelley
New Lives in the West	239	(10)
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
Further Reading	249	(2)
Origins of the Civil Rights Movement	251	(31)
Documents
Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke Describe Exploitation of Black Women Workers During the Depression, 1935	252	(2)
Young Radicals Propose an Economic Program for the NAACP, 1935	254	(2)
Charles Hamilton Houston Lays Out a Legal Strategy for the NAACP, 1935	256	(1)
Goals of the National Negro Congress, 1935	257	(2)
A Call to March on Washington, 1941	259	(2)
James Farmer Recounts CORE's Early Direct Action Strategy, 1942	261	(2)
Consumers Boycott Washington, D.C., Department Store, 1945	263	(2)
Essays
Theaters of Resistance	265	(8)
Robin D. G. Kelley
Labor and Civil Rights	273	(8)
Robert Korstad
Nelson Lichtenstein
Further Reading	281	(1)
The Civil Rights Movement	282	(31)
Documents
Jo Ann Robinson, Women's Political Council President, Hints of a Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, 1954	283	(1)
Melba Pattillo Beals Recalls Her First Days at Little Rock Central High School, 1957	284	(2)
Fannie Lou Hamer's Initiation into the Civil Rights Movement, 1962	286	(2)
James Bevel, an SCLC Organizer, Mobilizes Birmingham's Young People, 1963	288	(1)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Writes from His Jail Cell, 1963	289	(2)
John Lewis, SNCC Chairman, Challenges the Federal Government, 1963	291	(1)
Avon W. Rollins, an SNCC Field Secretary, Details Progress Made in Danville, Virginia, 1964	292	(1)
Malcolm X Defines Revolution, 1963	293	(2)
Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin Is Forced Out, 1960	295	(1)
Essays
``A Leader Who Stood Out in a Forest of Tall Trees''	296	(5)
Clayborne Carson
Cultural Traditions and the Politicization of Communities	301	(4)
Charles M. Payne
Challenging the Politics of Spokesmanship	305	(6)
Charles M. Payne
Further Reading	311	(2)
After ``Freedom Now!''	313	(25)
Documents
Nina Simone's Song ``Mississippi Goddam,'' 1964	314	(2)
SNCC Denounces the Vietnam War, 1966	316	(1)
An Interview with Black Panther Jimmy Slater	317	(2)
Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977	319	(1)
A Statistical Portrait of Black America, 1940-1990s	320	(3)
Miami's Concerned Black Organizations for Justice Issues a Manifesto of ``Collective Needs,'' 1980	323	(1)
Essays
Civil Rights Activism and the War on Poverty	324	(6)
George Lipsitz
The Political Culture of Detroit	330	(7)
Suzanne E. Smith
Further Reading	337	(1)
Progress and Poverty: African Americans at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century	338	(50)
Documents
Leanita McClain on Being Black, Successful, and Middle Class, 1980	339	(2)
Jesse Jackson Addresses the Democratic National Convention, 1988	341	(8)
The Children's Defense Fund Assesses the Life Chances of a Black Child in America, 2000	349	(1)
The Relative Economic Condition of Black Youths, 1973 and 1993	350	(1)
The United States Congress Investigates Rap Music, 1994	351	(4)
The New Face of Racism: Racial Profiling, 1999	355	(1)
The New Face of Racism: The Ordeal of Haitian Immigrants, 1998	356	(3)
The Borders of Black America: The New ``Black'' Immigrants, 1999	359	(4)
Essays
Rethinking Constitutional Rights	363	(7)
Lani Guinier
Twenty-First Century Cultural Politics	370	(8)
Tricia Rose
The Changing Face of the Continuing Struggle	378	(10)
Temma Kaplan
Further Reading	388