The Cambridge Guide to African American History

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

AvRaymond Gavins

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This book emphasizes blacks' agency and achievements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, notably outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement. To consider the means or strategies that African Americans utilized in pursuing their aspirations and struggles for freedom and equality, readers can consult subjects delineating ideological, institutional, and organizational aspects of black priorities, with tactics of resistance or dissent, over time and place. The entries include but are not limited to Afro-American Culture; Anti-Apartheid Movement; Anti-lynching Campaign; Antislavery Movement; Black Power Movement; Constitution, US (1789); Conventions, National Negro; Desegregation; Durham Manifesto (1942); Feminism; Four Freedoms; Haitian Revolution; Jobs Campaigns; the March on Washington (1963); March on Washington Movement (MOWM); New Negro Movement; Niagara Movement; Pan-African Movement; Religion; Slavery; Violence, Racial; and the Voter Education Project. While providing an important reference and learning tool, this volume offers a critical perspective on the actions and legacies of ordinary and elite blacks and their non-black allies.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-02-15
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor346
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107501966

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Raymond Gavins (1942-2016) was Professor of History at Duke University. He was the author of The Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership (1993) and dozens of scholarly articles, essays, book chapters, and reviews. He also co-edited Remembering Jim Crow (2001). A co-recipient of both the Oral History Association Distinguished Project Award (1996) and the Lillian Smith Book Award (2002), he most recently received the John W. Blassingame Award for 'distinguished scholarship and mentorship in African American history' (2008).

'In this welcome, extensive examination of the field of African American studies, Gavins has selected key interpretive and explanatory essays that depict ideologies, institutions, and movements over time and place. Providing up-to-date description, interpretation, and critical analysis of the most vital developments, the essays cover a central theme - the quest of African Americans for dignity, freedom, citizenship, and equality. This masterful and comprehensive survey informs the study, teaching, and understanding of African American history. It is a thoughtful, rewarding, and essential contribution and will be used in a variety of settings by a variety of scholars.' Orville Vernon Burton, Creativity Professor of Humanities and Professor of History and Sociology, Clemson University, and Emeritus Distinguished University Professor, University of Illinois