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Let nobody turn us around : voices of resistance, reform, and renewal : an African American anthology

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important controversies of each period of black history. The selections represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical, nationalistic, andintegrationist approaches can be found in almost every period, yet there have been strikin
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Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, ©2009
History
1 online resource (xxix, 676 pages)
9780742565456, 9781282496798, 9786612496790, 0742565459, 0742565459, 1282496794, 6612496797
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION; SECTION 1. Foundations: Slavery and Abolitionism, 1768-1861; SECTION 2. Reconstruction and Reaction: The Aftermath of Slavery and the Dawn of Segregation, 1861-1915; SECTION 3. From Plantation to Ghetto: The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and World War, 1915-1954; SECTION 4. We Shall Overcome: The Second Reconstruction, 1954-1975; SECTION 5. The Future in the Present: Contemporary African-American Thought, 1975 to the Present; Permissions; Index; About the Editors
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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