[Dummies 01] • African American History For Dummies by Penrice, Ronda Racha -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents Introduction

About This Book Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here

Part I : Coming to America Chapter 1: The Soul of America

A Peek at the Past Being Black in America Today Embracing the Past Hard Lessons to Learn Fitting Tribute — At Last

Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas

Touring African Empires Tracking the Slave Trade African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America

From Servitude to Slavery The Triangular Trade The Middle Passage African Americans and the Revolution The Free African Society and the Birth of Black America

Part II : Long Road to Freedom Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom

American Bondage Before I Die a Slave: Fighting the System “Free” Blacks

Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom

Picking Fights Leading the Antislavery Assault: Key Abolitionists Fighting with Words The Colonization (or Emigration) Movement The Effects of Proslavery Politics The Underground Railroad The Breaking Point Facing the Moment of Truth

Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction

The Question: End Slavery or Not? Blacks in the Early Days of the Civil War Moving toward the Emancipation Proclamation Free at Last (Well, Sort of): The Emancipation Proclamation Finally in the Fight The End of the War and the Thirteenth Amendment (Re)constructing Democracy A Mixed Bag of Hope and Despair The Fifteenth Amendment A Turn for the Worse: The End of Reconstruction

Part III : Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow

Post-Reconstruction Blues Instituting Jim Crow: Plessy v. Ferguson Strategies for Achieving Equality Organizing for Freedom Keep on Moving: The Great Migration Marcus Garvey: Man with a Plan Can’t Catch a Break: The Depression Years and FDR Can’t Fool Us Twice: African Americans and WWII

Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1963

Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963–1968)

Suffering Two Tragic Blows The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Targeting Mississippi for Voter Registration: Freedom Summer Oh Lord Selma: Back in Alabama The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Black Power Rising Race Relations in the North Death of a King

Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post–Civil Rights and Beyond

The Panthers Stumble Fighting Vietnam Arn’t I a Woman, Too? A Race to Office Money, Money, Money The Unforeseen Enemies The Racial Divide

Part IV : Cultural Foundations Chapter 11: Something Borrowed, Something New: Becoming African American

Black Families, from Past to Present The Role of Women Society’s Two Strikes: Race and (Homo)sexuality The African American Image Making a Mark on the English Language Mixing Up Traditional American Food Holidays and Special Gatherings

Chapter 12: Somebody Say “Amen”: The Black Church

Converting to Christianity Building and Sustaining the Black Church Challenges to the Black Church Politics and the Church Worshiping Outside the Black Christian Mainstream

Chapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education

A Brief History of Early African American Education 20th Century Educational Milestones Higher Learning

Part V : A Touch of Genius: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: African American Literature

Troubled Beginnings Writers’ Party: The Harlem Renaissance Post–World War II, Civil Rights–era Literature The Breakthrough: The Black Arts Movement Women’s Work

Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theatre and Dance

Making an Early Statement Minstrelsy: Performing in Blackface Moving toward Broadway: Black Musical Theatre Black Theatre Comes of Age Black Dance in America

Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: African American Music

African Roots African American Music Fundamentals Feeling the Spirit: The Spirituals Ragtime Singing the Blues Let the Good Times Roll: Jazz Spreading the Gospel Mainstreaming Black Music Taking the Rap

Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and TV

Making Movies Black Black Film Stars The Revolution Is Televised The Next Level: African American Television Empires

Chapter 18: Winning Ain’t Easy: Race and Sports

Baseball Basketball Boxing Football Track and Field Tennis Golf Other Sports

Part VI : The Part of Tens Chapter 19: Ten African American Firsts

Medicine (1783) Law (1845) Kentucky Derby (1875) Congressional Medal of Honor (1900) Rhodes Scholar (1907) Exploration (1909) Television (1939) Nobel Peace Prize (1950) Pulitzer Prize (1950) Fashion (1988)

Chapter 20: Ten African American Literary Classics

Chapter 21: Ten Influential African American Artists

Joshua Johnson (c. 1763–1832) Edmonia Lewis (c. 1845–1911) Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998) Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) Romare Bearden (1911–1988) John Biggers (1924–2001) Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988)

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