ABSTRACT

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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INTRODUCTION

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PART I: THE ROOTS OF BLACK AMERICA

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The African Past

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The African Dispersion

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PART II: TWO COMMUNITIES, SLAVE AND FREE

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The First Emancipation

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Free Blacks in the New Republic

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Discrimination in the Antebellum North

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The Free Black Community

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The Cotton Kingdom

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The Slave Community

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Nat Turner's Rebellion, 1831

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PART III: TOWARD FREEDOM

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The Expansion of Slavery, 1819-57

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Slavery and the Civil War

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Radical Reconstruction, 1866—77

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"Exodusters"

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PART IV: AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER ARMS

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Black Patriots and Loyalists

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Black Men in Blue

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Imperial Wars, 1898-1902

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World War I

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World War II

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The Cold War: Korea and Vietnam

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PART V: THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY

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Lynching and the New Racial Order

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The Spread of Jim Crow

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Black Colleges and Universities

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The Great Migration

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Marcus Garvey and the UNIA

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The Negro Baseball Leagues

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Sit-ins and the Rise of SNCC

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Voting Rights

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The Nation of Islam

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PART VI: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

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The Harlem Renaissance

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African American Musical Traditions

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African American Culture

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Black Political Realignment, 1928-40

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Urbanization and Black Mayors

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African American Population, 1990

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CHRONOLOGY

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FURTHER READING

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INDEX

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS