books.google.ie - A compelling story of agency, survival, struggle and triumph over adversity. This text illuminates the central place of African Americans in U.S. history by telling the story of what it has meant to be black in America and how African-American history is inseparably woven into the greater context...http://books.google.ie/books/about/African_Americans_Volume_1_A_Concise_His.html?id=SdVIcgAACAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAfrican Americans, Volume 1: A Concise History