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Description

1. xx, 423 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. Hard-hitting and compelling, the overriding theme of this book is the struggle against what the author argues is, and has been, America's most pernicious ailment and indestructible obstacle to black progress: racism. Historiography is also addressed to give readers a flavor of the real world of academics and black history writing with its ongoing debates, dramas, conflicts, and politics. The prose is lively and opinionated, forceful yet accessible. Going far beyond the traditional textbook treatment of black history, it is a fascinating book for those interested in African-American history, the African Diaspora, race relations, ethnic and cultural studies, or for those wanting to explore this chapter of United States history.

Subject

1. African Americans > Social conditions
2. African American > History
3. Racism > United States > History
4. African Americans > History
5. African Americans > Civil rights > History
6. United States > Race relations

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Race First: An Introduction to Black History -- The New Critical Race Theory -- The Politics of the Scholarship of African-American History -- Race or Gender -- The New Anti-Critical Race Theorists -- Afrocentrism and the Challenge to Eurocentrism -- The Destruction of a People -- The Beginning of the African-American Journey from Respectability to Degradation -- The Came, We Were Brought -- Democracy Contradicted -- Black in "The Land of the Free" -- The Culture of Survival -- Trying Just to Be Free, Not an American -- Outright Violence -- Parallels to Modern Black Protest -- Civil War Lessons -- Reconstruction -- Seeking the Dream -- The New Slavery -- If You Are Black, Stay Back -- At the Back Door -- Seeking the Land of the Free and Trying to Make Your Own Home of the Brave -- A Dream Deferred -- Urban Blacks: New Consciousness and New Voice to the American Dilemma -- Northern Hope -- Black Voices -- Passing on the Word: Urban Black Activism -- The Messenger's Message -- Working from Without -- Seeking Salvation during More Hard Times -- New Deal or Old Deal -- Working from Within -- God Incorporated -- Battling on Every Front -- The Military Front -- The African Front -- The Communist Front: Better Red Than American? -- The Labor Front -- The Sports Front -- The Civil Rights Front and Beyond -- Race to the Future -- Toward a Conclusion -- Race First: An Introduction to Black History -- The New Critical Race Theory -- The Politics of the Scholarship of African-American History -- Race or Gender.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-392) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain