The African Americans : many rivers to cross

The African Americans Many rivers to cross

Henry Louis Gates

Book - 2013

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.

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Subjects
African Americans > History.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
United States > Civilization > African American influences.
Published
Carlsbad, California : SmileyBooks 2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Henry Louis Gates (-)
Other Authors
Donald Yacovone (-)
Edition
1st edition
Physical Description
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.
ISBN
9781401935146
9781401935153
  • 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.
Review by Library Journal Review

This companion book to the six-hour 2013 PBS documentary of the same name covers five centuries of black life in the Americas and emphasizes the diversity inherent to it. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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