Bibliograph

The African Americans, many rivers to cross, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone

Type

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The African Americans, many rivers to cross, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The African Americans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

778425887

Responsibility statement

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone

Sub title

many rivers to cross

Summary

Chronicles five hundred years of African-American history from the origins of slavery on the African continent through Barack Obama's second presidential term, examining contributing political and cultural events

Table Of Contents

Africans in the Americas, 1500-1540 -- The worlds slavery made, 1526-1763 -- The age of revolutions, 1700-1811 -- Half slave, half free, 1797-1858 -- The war to end slavery, 1859-1865 -- Reconstruction and redemption, 1865-1900 -- The nadir and the renaissance, 1890-1940 -- Rise!: a people emergent, 1940-1968 -- From Black Power to the White House, 1968-2013

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