Black American History For Dummies

Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know!

Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have studied in school, digging into the complexities and the intrigues that make up Black America. From slavery and the Civil Rights movement to Black Wall Street, Juneteenth, redlining, and Black Lives Matter, this book offers an accessible resource for understanding the facts and events critical to Black history in America.

The history of Black Americans is the history of Americans; Americans dance to Black music, read Black literature, watch Black movies, and whether they know it or not reap the benefits of the vibrant political, athletic, and sociological contributions of Black Americans. With this book, you can dive into history, culture, and beyond. See how far there's yet to go in the approach to studying Black American culture and ending rac ism.
_ Get the authoritative story on the growth and evolution of Black America from slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights era through to today
_ Discover the Black artists, musicians, athletes, and leaders who have made the United States what it is
_ Develop a fuller understanding of concerns about police brutality and other front-and-center race issues
_ Find out how every aspect of American life connects to Black history

Black American History For Dummies is for anyone who needs to learn or re-learn the true history about Black Americans.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Introduction 1

Part 1: Coming to America 7

Chapter 1: The Soul of America 9

Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas 33

Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America 49

Part 2: Long Road to Freedom 63

Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom 65

Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom 85

Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction 109

Part 3: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement 135

Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow 137

Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1963 163

Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963-1968) 187

Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post-Civil Rights 207

Chapter 11: The New Civil Rights -- Obama, Black Lives Matter, and Beyond 233

Part 4: Cultural Foundations 259

Chapter 12: Somebody Say "Amen": The Black Church 261

Chapter 13: M ore Than Reading and Writing: Education 285

Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: Black Literature 307

Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theater and Dance 331

Part 5: A Touch of Genius: Music, Film, TV, and Sports 357

Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: Black Music 359

Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and Comedy 393

Chapter 18: Black Hollywood: TV 427

Chapter 19: Winning Ain't Easy: Race and Sports 449

Part 6: The Part of Tens 479

Chapter 20: Ten Black American Firsts 481

Chapter 21: Ten Black Literary Classics 487

Chapter 22: Ten (Plus One) Influential Black American Visual Artists 493

Index 501