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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
Published electronically by its author, Norman Coombs, and Project Gutenberg.
(C 1993) by Norman Coombs
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
The Immigrant Heritage of America
Publisher: Twayne, (c 1972)
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART ONE From Freedom to Slavery
CHAPTER 1
African Origins
The Human Cradle
West African Empires
The Culture of West Africa
CHAPTER 2
The Human Market
The Slave Trade
Caribbean Interlude
CHAPTER 3
Slavery as Capitalism
The Shape of American Slavery
North American and South American Slavery
Slavery and the Formation of Character
Slave Response
Chapter 4
All Men Are Created Equal
Slavery and the American Revolution
Slave Insurrections
Growing Racism
PART TWO Emancipation Without Freedom
Chapter 5
A Nation Divided
Black Moderates And Black Militants
White Liberals
Growth of Extremism
CHAPTER 6
From Slavery to Segregation
Blue, Gray, and Black
Reconstruction and Its Failure
The New Racism
CHAPTER 7
Racism and Democracy
Fighting Jim Crow
Making the World Safe for Democracy
Urban Riots
The Klan Revival
PART THREE The Search For Equality
CHAPTER 8
The Crisis of Leadership
The Debate over Means and Ends
Booker T. Washington: The Trumpet of Conciliation
W. E. B. DuBois: The Trumpet of Confrontation
Marcus Garvey: The Trumpet of Pride
A. Philip Randolph: The Trumpet of Mobilization
Chapter 9
The New Negro
Immigration and Migration
Harlem: "The Promised Land"
The Negro Renaissance
Black Nationalism
CHAPTER 10
Fighting Racism at Home and Abroad
Hard Times Again
The Second World War
The U.S. and the U.N.
CHAPTER 11
Civil Rights and Civil Disobedience
Schools and Courts
The Civil Rights Movement
CHAPTER 12
The Black Revolt
Civil Disorders
Black Power
Epilogue
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