Study Guide for Let Nobody Turn Us Around

Karen G. Williams is an adjunct lecturer in the Urban Studies Department at Queens College.Andrea Queeley is assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University.

• Part 1 Introduction: Key Points, Essay Questions, Classroom ExercisesPart 2 Section One. Foundations: Slavery and Abolitionism, 1789-1861Chapter 3 Key Points; Comprehension and Thought Questions; Essay Questions; Suggested Research Topics; Classroom Exercises; Media and InternetPart 4 Section Two. Reconstruction and Reaction: The Aftermath of Slavery and the Dawn of Segregation, 1861-1915Chapter 5 Key Points; Comprehension and Thought Questions; Essay Questions; Suggested Research Topics; Classroom Exercises; Media and Internet ResourcesPart 6 Section Three. From Plantation to Ghetto: The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and World War, 1915-1954Chapter 7 Key Points; Comprehension and Thought Questions; Essay Questions; Suggested Research Topics; Classroom Exercises; Media and Internet ResourcesPart 8 Section Four. We Shall Overcome: The Second Reconstruction, 1954-1975Chapter 9 Key Points; Comprehension an Thought Questions; Essay Questions; Suggested Research Topics; Classroom Exercises; Media and Internet ResourcesPart 10 Section Five. The Future in the Present: Contemporary African-American Thought, 1975-PresentChapter 11 Key Points; Comprehension and Thought Questions; Essay Questions; Suggested Research Topics; Classroom Exercises; Media and Internet ResourcesPart 12 Appendixes: Additional Resources for Research and Writing