{"product_id":"black-american-history-for-dummies-isbn-9781119780854","title":"Black American History For Dummies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGo deeper than the Black History you may think you know!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack American History For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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 racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet the authoritative story on the growth and evolution of Black America from slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights era through to today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover the Black artists, musicians, athletes, and leaders who have made the United States what it is\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop a fuller understanding of concerns about police brutality and other front-and-center race issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind out how every aspect of American life connects to Black history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack American History For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who needs to learn or re-learn the true history about Black Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoolish Assumptions 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIcons Used in This Book 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Go from Here 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Coming to America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The Soul of America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Peek at the Past 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife before slavery 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife before emancipation 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife before civil rights 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing Black in America Today 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions to history and culture 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Pride Goes Mainstream 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCelebrating Black heritage 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack cultural tourism booms 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconciling the Past to Create the Future 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery as an American (not Southern) institution 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlagging the issue 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA question of reparations 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTouring African Empires 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGhana Empire 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMali 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSonghai 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInteraction with the rest of the world 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery on the African continent 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaunching the European slave trade 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnslaving Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSanctioning and opposing slavery 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with life enslaved 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking freedom 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: The Founding of Black America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Servitude to Slavery 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInching toward slavery 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Africans? 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triangular Trade 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle Passage 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe capture 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe voyage 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafe arrival 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Americans and the Revolution 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA bit of background 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting for freedom 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHope and disappointment 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Free African Society and the Birth of Black America 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Long Road to Freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Bondage 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorthern slavery 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnslaved life in the South 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore I’d Be a Slave: Fighting the System 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slave Codes 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRebellions 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRunning away 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Free” Black People 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferent paths to freedom 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerhaps free, but not equal 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking Fights 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing against slavery 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing for slavery 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading the Antislavery Assault: Key Abolitionists 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthony Benezet 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Walker 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Lloyd Garrison 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrederick Douglass 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting with Words 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlave narratives 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Black press 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonization (or Emigration) Movement 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly resettlement efforts 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuffe: Man on a mission 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestioning motives 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Effects of Proslavery Politics 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fugitive Slave Clause 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStronger fugitive slave measures: Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBattling over the slave status of new land 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Missouri Compromise 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Underground Railroad 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation Freedom 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey people along the line 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMessage in the music 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Breaking Point 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStraining North-South relations 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Compromise of 1850 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kansas-Nebraska Act 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery continues 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDred Scott: A strike against freedom 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining events at Harpers Ferry 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacing the Moment of Truth 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Question: To End Slavery or Not? 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeetering on a tightrope 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first Confiscation Act, 1861 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack People in the Early Days of the Civil War 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eServing the Union 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurviving in the South 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving toward the Emancipation Proclamation 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShutting down the illegal slave trade 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassing the Second Confiscation Act 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourting England’s support 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree at Last (Well, Sort of): The Emancipation Proclamation 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat the Proclamation did 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaction to the order 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally in the Fight 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Union soldiers 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Confederate soldiers 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War’s End and the Thirteenth Amendment 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Re)constructing Democracy 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUndermining Lincoln’s plan 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking back the power: Reconstruction Act of 1867 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Mixed Bag of Hope and Despair 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Freedmen’s Bureau 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere’s my 40 acres and a mule? 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to the land 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding a new way 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBanking on wealth 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking office 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fifteenth Amendment 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Turn for the Worse: The End of Reconstruction 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Redeemers 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mississippi Plan 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivil Rights Act of 1875 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePulling the plug 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Living Jim Crow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Reconstruction Blues 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Exoduster Movement 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Town, U.S.A. 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLynchings and riots\/massacres 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstituting Jim Crow: Plessy v. Ferguson 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourt cases before Plessy 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe actual case: Plessy v. Ferguson 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies for Achieving Equality 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooker T. Washington: The Accommodationist 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois: The Integrationist 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing for Freedom 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Afro-American Council 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe National Negro Business League 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Niagara Movement 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe NAACP 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe National Urban League 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeep on Moving: The Great Migration 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving the South 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife up North 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarcus Garvey: Man with a Plan 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvocating racial pride 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing “Back to Africa” 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowerful enemies 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan’t Catch a Break: The Depression Years and FDR 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFDR: Friend or foe? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStriking a new deal 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan’t Fool Us Twice: Black Americans and WWII 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1963\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tide Turns: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1954 ruling and the reaction 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesegregating Central High School 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMassive resistance follows in Virginia 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting a Face to Racial Violence: Emmett Till 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmett Till’s murder 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe outrage of the nation 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Twist in Leadership: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdopting the philosophy of nonviolence 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFounding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSit-ins, Boycotts, and Marches: The King Era of the Civil Rights Movement Begins 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSitting in for justice 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFounding SNCC 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiding for freedom 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Albany Movement: A chink in the armor 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating Ole Miss and Increasing Federal Involvement 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1963: A Bloody Year 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot-so-sweet home Alabama: Birmingham 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMurder in Mississippi: Medgar Evers 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarch of All Marches: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963–1968)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuffering Two Tragic Blows 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour innocent victims 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJFK dies 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTargeting Mississippi for Voter Registration: Freedom Summer 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting ready 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting out the Black vote 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMississippi burning 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe success of Freedom Summer 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOh Lord Selma: Back in Alabama 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting arrested again 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarching from Selma to Montgomery 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Power Rising 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nation of Islam 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm X 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Black Panther Party 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe transformation of SNCC 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace Relations in the North 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRioting in Watts 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chicago Freedom Movement 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poor People’s March 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath of a King 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe night of his death and the mourning after 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuing his work 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post–Civil Rights\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Panthers Stumble 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuey Newton: A symbol of Black Power 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe BPP encounters challenges 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging focus: Embracing nonviolence and women’s leadership 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting Vietnam 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn unfair fight 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReacting to the war 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComing home 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women Taking a Stand 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Race to Political Office 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting a foot in the door in the 1960s 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking political strides in the 1970s 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEyeing a bigger prize in the 1980s 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill thriving in the 1990s and early 2000s 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoney, Money, Money 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking at homeownership 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacing barriers in business 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccessful Black-owned businesses 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnforeseen Enemies 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrack cocaine 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHIV\/AIDS 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Racial Divide 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eL.A. riots 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe O.J. Simpson verdict 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA modern-day lynching 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHurricane Katrina 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: The New Civil Rights — Obama, Black Lives Matter, and Beyond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaining the Presidency 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObama’s 2008 campaign 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of Obama, 2008–2016 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack community gains 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Lives Matter Emerges 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI am Trayvon 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFerguson explodes: Michael Brown and the impact of Eric Garner’s death 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolice killings continue: Tamir Rice and Laquan McDonald 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaltimore Rising: Freddie Gray 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Charleston Church Massacre 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSay her name: Sandra Bland 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColin Kaepernick Kneels and Donald Trump Reacts 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrump responds 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKaepernick opts out of his contract 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange Gone Come: Trump, COVID-19, and George Floyd 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrump’s attacks continue 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStacey Abrams runs for governor in Georgia 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCOVID-19 exposes racial disparities 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Stop killing us”: George Floyd and Breonna Taylor 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Election 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoting in the era of COVID-19 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrump and the U.S. Capitol riot 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Cultural Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Somebody Say “Amen”: The Black Church\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConverting to Christianity 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly objections, early conversions 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Awakenings: Called to convert 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity, Black American style 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding and Sustaining the Black Church 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack churches in the North 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Black church in the antebellum South 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost–Civil War and Reconstruction 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorship in the early 20th century 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe modern era: Megachurches 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe changing role of women 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics and the Church 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting more political 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinister-politicians: Pulling double duty 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting for civil rights: Minister-activists 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuing the struggle 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorshiping Outside the Black Christian Mainstream 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuslims and the Nation of Islam 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Catholics 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJehovah’s Witnesses 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventh-day Adventists 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack demagogues 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief History of Early Black American Education 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolting education 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing: Education post–Civil War 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20th-Century Educational Milestones 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixing it up with the Brown case 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning back the clock? 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVouchers and school choice 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving no child behind? Maybe 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtlanta Public Schools cheating scandal 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObama and Trump on education 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigher Learning 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaunching higher ed for the Black masses 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Morrill Acts: Making it stick 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetermining the goal of higher education 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesegregating higher education 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchool Daze: The Black Greek system 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: Black Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTroubled Beginnings 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly poets 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlave narratives 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA novel journey 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriters’ Party: The Harlem Renaissance 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Harlem? 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Renaissance artists and themes 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost–World War II, Civil Rights–era Literature 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Wright 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRalph Ellison 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrank Yerby 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Breakthrough: The Black Arts Movement 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe beginning of the movement 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcoming new voices 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Black Arts Movement legacy 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthologies from the Black Arts Movement 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women’s Words 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlice Walker 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToni Morrison 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Books from the 1990s On 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theater and Dance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking an Early Statement 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinstrelsy: Performing in Blackface 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite minstrels 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack minstrels 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving toward Broadway: Black Musical Theater 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore than minstrels 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliams and Walker on Broadway 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rumblings of serious Black theater 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShuffling ahead 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Theater Comes of Age 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Federal Theater Project and Black drama 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Negro Theater (ANT) 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA place to call home 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack musicals, 1940s and beyond 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Visionaries 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugust Wilson 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge C. Wolfe 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Theater in the 21st Century 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKenny Leon 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Nottage, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and beyond 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Dance in America 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly dances 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTap dance 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreakdancing 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical dance forms 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: A Touch of Genius: Music, Film, TV, and Sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e357\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16: Give Me a Beat: Black Music\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e359\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Roots 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Music Fundamentals 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeeling the Spirit: The Spirituals 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRagtime 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinging the Blues 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlues basics 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlues genres 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamous blues musicians 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLet the Good Times Roll: Jazz 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe evolution of jazz styles 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJazz singers 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreat jazz instrumentalists 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping the tradition alive 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading the Gospel 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKirk Franklin and the new gospel sound 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMainstreaming Black Music 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR\u0026amp;B 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRocking and rolling 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotown 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiving America soul 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-soul Black music 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting funky and popping off 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hip-hop age of R\u0026amp;B 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the Rap 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHip hop matures 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West Coast opens up rap 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen take the mic 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrap music emerges 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyrical emcees return 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and Comedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Movies Black 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace movies: Introducing all-Black casts 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Black roles in major studio films 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1940s–1960s: Exploring new themes 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1960s–1970s: Blaxploitation films 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpike Lee and a Black film renaissance 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHood films 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStepping out of the hood genre 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Black Directors 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpike Lee: Getting personal 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1990s and early 2000s: The music video launch 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 2010s: Drama, horror, heroes, and more 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020: A stream of Black women directors 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Film Stars: From Song to Celluloid 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSingers-turned-actors 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRappers-turned-actors\/producers 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKings and Queens of Comedy 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Pryor 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEddie Murphy 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMale comedians who followed Pryor and Murphy 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhoopi Goldberg 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther comediennes 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnter Stage Left: Serious Actors 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidney Poitier 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCicely Tyson 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDenzel Washington 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorgan Freeman 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWesley Snipes 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamuel L. Jackson 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHalle Berry 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViola Davis 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd the Award Goes to? 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18: Black Hollywood: TV\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Black TV Comedies 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening the doors wider 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting an edge 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKid comedies 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCue the Huxtables and A Different World 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTargeting the Black Hip-Hop Audience 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCable TV Opens the Door to More 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women Comedians Contribute on TV 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo More Drama with Dramas 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rhimes effect 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMade-for-TV movies 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack actors in cable TV series 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetwork dramas 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighlighting Black LGBTQ stories 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack women TV executives 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Next Level: Building Black Television and Film Empires 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe billion-dollar BET 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe big \"O\" 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTyler Perry builds his own table 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19: Winning Ain’t Easy: Race and Sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Negro Leagues 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJackie Robinson: Integrating baseball 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe modern era 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasketball 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollege ball 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePro ball 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s basketball 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoxing 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePro football 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollege football 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrack and Field 470\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTennis 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Ashe 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVenus and Serena Williams 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGolf 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Sports 476\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6: The Part of Tens\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e479\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20: Ten Black American Firsts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e481\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedicine (1837) 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw (1845) 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKentucky Derby (1875) 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCongressional Medal of Honor (1900) 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhodes Scholar (1907) 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploration (1909) 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelevision (1939) 484\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNobel Peace Prize (1950) 484\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize (1950) 484\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFashion (1988) 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 21: Ten Black Literary Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e487\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written by Himself (1845) 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUp from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1901) 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois (1903) 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (1933) 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) 490\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative Son by Richard Wright (1940) 490\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eby Alex Haley and Malcolm X (1965) 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982) 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeloved by Toni Morrison (1987) 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 22: Ten (Plus One) Influential Black American Visual Artists \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e493\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoshua Johnson (c. 1763–1832) 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdmonia Lewis (c. 1844–1907) 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAaron Douglas (1899–1979) 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorace Pippin (1888–1946) 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoïs Mailou Jones (1905–1998) 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacob Lawrence (1917–2000) 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomare Bearden (1911–1988) 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Biggers (1924–2001) 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamella Lewis, Ph.D. (1924–) 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) 500\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonda Racha Penrice\u003c\/b\u003e attended the M.A. program in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. 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