Michael L. Levine

African Americans and Civil Rights

From 1619 to the Present

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The civil rights movement is one of great accomplishment and profound tragedy. The author of this book for grades 9 to 12 reveals the story through the lives of the individuals who have both supported and opposed civil rights. The movement's profound effects on how we think and act is explained.

Produktdetails

• Social Issues in American History Series
• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780897748599
• ISBN-10: 089774859X
• Artikelnr.: 21515739

Autorenporträt

Michael L. Levine

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
CHAPTER 1:West Africa, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Americas 1
CHAPTER 2:The Colonial Era: 1619-1763 16
CHAPTER 3:The Era of the American Revolution: 1764-1820 37
CHAPTER 4: The Antebellum Years: 1820-1860 57
CHAPTER 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1861-1877 83
CHAPTER 6: The Triumph of White Racism: 1878-1915 109
CHAPTER 7: World War I through the Great Depression: 1914-1941 140
CHAPTER 8: World War II and the Postwar Years: 1941-1960 166
CHAPTER 9: The Civil Rights Revolution, Black Power, and White Backlash:
1960-1968183
CHAPTER 10: Progress and Setbacks in a Conservative Era: 1969 to the
Present 209
Biographies 249Chronology 277Glossary 289Further Reading 295Index 317