Encyclopedia of African American History: [3 Volumes] (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851097692)

Encyclopedia of African American History introduces readers to the significant people, events, sociopolitical movements, and ideas that have shaped African American life from earliest contact between African peoples and Europeans through the late 20th century.

This encyclopedia places the African American experience in the context of the entire African diaspora, with entries organized in sections on African/European contact and enslavement, culture, resistance and identity during enslavement, political activism from the Revolutionary War to Southern emancipation, political activism from Reconstruction to the modern Civil Rights movement, black nationalism and urbanization, and Pan-Africanism and contemporary black America. Based on the latest scholarship and engagingly written, there is no better go-to reference for exploring the history of African Americans and their distinctive impact on American society, politics, business, literature, art, food, clothing, music, language, and technology.

Author: Leslie M. Alexander
ISBN-10: 1851097694
ISBN-13: 9781851097692
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2010
Pages: 1272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 8.95lbs
Size: 11.30h x 8.80w x 3.60d

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