To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880

To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up to date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers witness the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s and finally, the emergence of today's black middle class. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/28/2005
ISBN: 9780195181357
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.28w x 1.17d