To Make Our World Anew Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880

by Kelley, Robin D. G.; Lewis, Earl

• ISBN13: 9780195181357
• ISBN10: 0195181352
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's blackfilmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World WarII. Readers witness the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s and finally, the emergence of today's black middle class. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as AfricanAmericans have experienced it.

Author Biography

Robin D. G. Kelley is Professor of African-American Studies at Columbia University and author of several books, most recently Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. He lives in New York City. Earl Lewis is Provost and the Asa G. Candler Professor of History and African-American Studies at Emory University. He is the author of several books including In Their Own Interests, Love On Trial (with Heidi Ardizzone) and Defending Diversity (with Patricia Gurin and Jeffrey Lehman). He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface to Volume Two	vii
CHAPTER 1 Though justice Sleeps: 1880-1900
Barbara Bair	3	(64)
CHAPTER 2 A Chance to Make Good: 1900-1929
James R. Grossman	67	(64)
CHAPTER 3 From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929-1945
Joe William Trotter, Jr.	131	(36)
CHAPTER 4 We Changed the World: 1945-1970
Vincent Harding	167	(98)
Robin D.G. Kelley
Earl Lewis
CHAPTER 5 Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present
Robin D.G. Kelley	265	(78)
Chronology	343	(10)
Further Reading	353	(17)
Picture Credits	370	(1)
Contributors	371	(2)
Index	373