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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454998503321

Titolo

Let nobody turn us around : voices of resistance, reform, and renewal : an African American anthology / / editors, Manning Marable, Leith Mullings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2009

ISBN

9780742565456

0742565459

9781282496798

1282496794

9786612496790

6612496797

9780742560567 (cloth : alk. paper)

0742560562 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780742560574 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0742560570 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780742565456 (electronic)

0742565459 (electronic)

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (712 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarableManning <1950-2011.>

MullingsLeith

Disciplina

973/.0496073

Soggetti

African Americans - History

African Americans - Civil rights - History

African Americans - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 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

Sommario/riassunto

One of America's most prominent historians and a noted feminist bring together the most important political writings and testimonials from African-Americans over three centuries.