{"product_id":"lifting-the-chains-william-h-chafe-9780197616451","title":"Lifting the Chains: The Black Freedom Struggle Since Reconstruction","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAll-Black institutions and local community groups have been at the forefront of the freedom struggle since the beginning.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLifting the Chains\u003c\/em\u003e is a history of the Black experience in America since the Civil War, told by one of our most\u003cbr\u003edistinguished historians of modern America, William H. Chafe. He argues that, despite the wishes and arguments of many whites to the contrary, the struggle for freedom has been carried out primarily by Black Americans, with only occasional assistance from whites. Chafe highlights the role of all-black institutions--especially the churches, lodges, local gangs, neighborhood women's groups, and the Black college clubs that gathered at local pool halls--that talked up the issues, examined different courses of action, and then put their lives on the line to make change happen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book draws heavily on the tremendous oral history archives at Duke that Chafe founded and nurtured, much of which is previously unpublished. The archives are now a collection of more than 3,600 oral histories tracing the evolution of Black activism, managed under the auspices of the Duke Center for Documentary History. The project uncovered the degree to which Blacks never gave up the struggle against racism, even during the height of Jim Crow segregation from 1900 to 1950. Chafe draws on these valuable resources to build this definitive history of African American activism, a history that can and should inform Black Lives Matter and other contemporary social justice movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Chafe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197616453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197616451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.46w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"William H. Chafe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055874044159,"sku":"9780197616451","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64887268-a131-472b-9b4d-d176a67caba2.jpg?v=1685038281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifting-the-chains-william-h-chafe-9780197616451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}