Rooted in the Soul: An Introduction to African American Studies and the African American Experience
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 506
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 506
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Rooted in the Soul: An Introduction to African American Studies & the African American Experience provides a unique ”hybrid” approach to the topic of African American Studies. The text combines an ordered historical narrative with topical entries, which are framed by important questions. These questions will provide students with a good grounding in the discipline. Specific individuals and events were selected by the author. These specific individuals and events were selected to enhance the learning of the students, and to provide a solid foundation for the learning of the legacy of African American experience and achievement.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Matters of Race and Place
Chapter 2 The African Background
Chapter 3 Africans Arrive in America: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Begins and Slavery in America Takes Root
Chapter 4 Slavery Expands in America
Chapter 5 The Civil War: The Blue, the Gray, and the Black
Chapter 6 Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction: The Ebb and Flow of Racialized People and Politics
Chapter 7 A New Century, Same Old Problems
Chapter 8 From the New Negro Movement to the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 9 The Civil Rights Movement and the Aftermath, Same Old Problems
Chapter 10 African Americans in Popular Culture
Epilogue
The Final Word
Suggested Readings and Documentaries
Index