The Cambridge Guide to African American History

This book's entries emphasize blacks' agency and achievements in nineteenth and twentieth centuries, notably outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement.

Raymond Gavins (Author)

9781107103399, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 February 2016

346 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg

'This newest work covers a range of subjects pointing to African American achievements in many disciplines, from art, journalism, and technology to topical treatments of voting rights, negritude, and Pan-African and Negro history movements … Recommended. All levels of students, general readers.' C. Williams, Choice

This book emphasizes blacks' agency and achievements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, notably outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement. To consider the means or strategies that African Americans utilized in pursuing their aspirations and struggles for freedom and equality, readers can consult subjects delineating ideological, institutional, and organizational aspects of black priorities, with tactics of resistance or dissent, over time and place. The entries include but are not limited to Afro-American Culture; Anti-Apartheid Movement; Anti-lynching Campaign; Antislavery Movement; Black Power Movement; Constitution, US (1789); Conventions, National Negro; Desegregation; Durham Manifesto (1942); Feminism; Four Freedoms; Haitian Revolution; Jobs Campaigns; the March on Washington (1963); March on Washington Movement (MOWM); New Negro Movement; Niagara Movement; Pan-African Movement; Religion; Slavery; Violence, Racial; and the Voter Education Project. While providing an important reference and learning tool, this volume offers a critical perspective on the actions and legacies of ordinary and elite blacks and their non-black allies.

Preface
Subjects
Cross references
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Subject Areas: Black & Asian studies [JFSL3], Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History of the Americas [HBJK]