Upon these Shores: Themes in the African-American Experience 1600 to the PresentWilliam R. Scott, William G. Shade This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and chronologically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics - from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics. |
Contents
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this peculiar institution | 61 |
Africans in EighteenthCentury North America | 83 |
In Search of Freedom | 102 |
Though We Are Not Slaves | 118 |
Full of Faith Full of Hope | 141 |
From Booker T to Malcolm X | 198 |
Black Religious Traditions | 285 |
AfricanAmerican Family Life in Societal Context | 303 |
From Black Bourgeoisie to AfricanAmerican | 319 |
Black Feminism in the United States | 347 |
African Americans and Education | 369 |
After the Movement | 389 |
The Quest for Black Equity | 404 |
Black Internationalism | 418 |
Rights Power and Equality | 221 |
The Sounds of Blackness | 251 |
Black Voices | 270 |
Afterword | 435 |
Notes on Contributors | 445 |
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