The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Black American History for Dummies by Ronda Racha Penrice
Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know!
FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description
Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know!Black American History For Dummies 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.The 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.Get the authoritative story on the growth and evolution of Black America from slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights era through to todayDiscover the Black artists, musicians, athletes, and leaders who have made the United States what it isDevelop a fuller understanding of concerns about police brutality and other front-and-center race issuesFind out how every aspect of American life connects to Black historyBlack American History For Dummies is for anyone who needs to learn or re-learn the true history about Black Americans.
Back Cover
Tap into Black American history and culture The historical and cultural contributions of Black Americans run deep. And what you learned (or more likely didn't learn) in school wasn't the whole story! With roots in the African continent meshed into something completely new, Black Americans have forged a culture of excellence in various spheres including education, music, politics, film, TV, theatre, and beyond. Explore how their resilience through slavery and Jim Crow fuels the ongoing fight against systemic racism and social injustice. From the emancipation and civil rights movements to Black Lives Matter of today, the flame of freedom burns strong. Uncover all this and much, much more in Black American History For Dummies ! Inside. . . Black heritage and pride Transatlantic slave trade Black women leaders Civil War and Reconstruction Civil Rights and Black Power Fighting racism and injustice Black culture, sports, and religion Excellence in literature and art
Flap
Tap into Black American history and culture The historical and cultural contributions of Black Americans run deep. And what you learned (or more likely didn't learn) in school wasn't the whole story! With roots in the African continent meshed into something completely new, Black Americans have forged a culture of excellence in various spheres including education, music, politics, film, TV, theatre, and beyond. Explore how their resilience through slavery and Jim Crow fuels the ongoing fight against systemic racism and social injustice. From the emancipation and civil rights movements to Black Lives Matter of today, the flame of freedom burns strong. Uncover all this and much, much more in Black American History For Dummies ! Inside. . . Black heritage and pride Transatlantic slave trade Black women leaders Civil War and Reconstruction Civil Rights and Black Power Fighting racism and injustice Black culture, sports, and religion Excellence in literature and art
Author Biography
Ronda Racha Penrice attended the M.A. program in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. A veteran freelance writer, the Columbia University alum has covered Black history and culture for publications including Zora, Essence , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ebony, theGrio, The Root , and NBC THINK .
Table of Contents
Introduction 1About This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3Icons Used in This Book 4Where to Go from Here 5Part 1: Coming to America 7Chapter 1: The Soul of America 9A Peek at the Past 10Life before slavery 11Life before emancipation 11Life before civil rights 12Being Black in America Today 14Contributions to history and culture 15Challenges 19Black Pride Goes Mainstream 22Celebrating Black heritage 23Black cultural tourism booms 24Reconciling the Past to Create the Future 26Slavery as an American (not Southern) institution 28Flagging the issue 28A question of reparations 30Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas 33Touring African Empires 34Ghana Empire 35Mali 35Songhai 36Interaction with the rest of the world 37Origins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 38Slavery on the African continent 38Launching the European slave trade 39Enslaving Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean 41Sanctioning and opposing slavery 42Dealing with life enslaved 44Seeking freedom 45Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America 49From Servitude to Slavery 49Inching toward slavery 50Why Africans? 51The Triangular Trade 51The Middle Passage 52The capture 52The voyage 54Safe arrival 55Black Americans and the Revolution 57A bit of background 58Fighting for freedom 58Hope and disappointment 60The Free African Society and the Birth of Black America 61Part 2: Long Road to Freedom 63Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom 65American Bondage 66Northern slavery 66Enslaved life in the South 69Before I'd Be a Slave: Fighting the System 73The Slave Codes 74Rebellions 75Running away 79"Free" Black People 81Different paths to freedom 82Perhaps free, but not equal 82Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom 85Picking Fights 86Arguing against slavery 87Arguing for slavery 88Leading the Antislavery Assault: Key Abolitionists 89Anthony Benezet 89David Walker 90William Lloyd Garrison 90Frederick Douglass 91Fighting with Words 92Slave narratives 92Origins of the Black press 93Colonization (or Emigration) Movement 94Early resettlement efforts 95Cuffe: Man on a mission 95Questioning motives 96The Effects of Proslavery Politics 96The Fugitive Slave Clause 96Stronger fugitive slave measures: Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 97Battling over the slave status of new land 97The Missouri Compromise 98The Underground Railroad 98Operation Freedom 99Key people along the line 99Message in the music 103The Breaking Point 103Straining North-South relations 104The Compromise of 1850 104The Kansas-Nebraska Act 105Slavery continues 105Dred Scott: A strike against freedom 106Defining events at Harpers Ferry 106Facing the Moment of Truth 107Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction 109The Question: To End Slavery or Not? 110Teetering on a tightrope 110The first Confiscation Act, 1861 111Black People in the Early Days of the Civil War 111Serving the Union 112Surviving in the South 112Moving toward the Emancipation Proclamation 113Shutting down the illegal slave trade 113Passing the Second Confiscation Act 114Courting England's support 114Free at Last (Well, Sort of): The Emancipation Proclamation 114What the Proclamation did 115Reaction to the order 115Finally in the Fight 116As Union soldiers 116As Confederate soldiers 118The War's End and the Thirteenth Amendment 119(Re)constructing Democracy 121Undermining Lincoln's plan 121Taking back the power: Reconstruction Act of 1867 123A Mixed Bag of Hope and Despair 123The Freedmen's Bureau 123Where's my 40 acres and a mule? 124Back to the land 127Finding a new way 128Banking on wealth 128Taking office 129The Fifteenth Amendment 130A Turn for the Worse: The End of Reconstruction 131The Redeemers 131The Mississippi Plan 132Civil Rights Act of 1875 132Pulling the plug 132Part 3: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement 135Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow 137Post-Reconstruction Blues 137The Exoduster Movement 138Black Town, U.S.A. 139Lynchings and riots/massacres 140Instituting Jim Crow: Plessy v. Ferguson 146Court cases before Plessy 146The actual case: Plessy v. Ferguson 147Strategies for Achieving Equality 147Booker T. Washington: The Accommodationist 148W.E.B. Du Bois: The Integrationist 148Organizing for Freedom 150National Afro-American Council 150The National Negro Business League 150The Niagara Movement 152The NAACP 153The National Urban League 154Keep on Moving: The Great Migration 154Leaving the South 154Life up North 156Marcus Garvey: Man with a Plan 156Advocating racial pride 157Going "Back to Africa" 157Powerful enemies 158Can't Catch a Break: The Depression Years and FDR 158FDR: Friend or foe? 159Striking a new deal 159Can't Fool Us Twice: Black Americans and WWII 161Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1963 163The Tide Turns: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 163The 1954 ruling and the reaction 164Desegregating Central High School 167Massive resistance follows in Virginia 169Putting a Face to Racial Violence: Emmett Till 169Emmett Till's murder 170The outrage of the nation 170A New Twist in Leadership: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 171Adopting the philosophy of nonviolence 172Founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 173Sit-ins, Boycotts, and Marches: The King Era of the Civil Rights Movement Begins 173The Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks 174Sitting in for justice 177Founding SNCC 179Riding for freedom 179The Albany Movement: A chink in the armor 180Integrating Ole Miss and Increasing Federal Involvement 1811963: A Bloody Year 182Not-so-sweet home Alabama: Birmingham 182Murder in Mississippi: Medgar Evers 184March of All Marches: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) 185Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963–1968) 187Suffering Two Tragic Blows 187Four innocent victims 188JFK dies 189The Civil Rights Act of 1964 189Targeting Mississippi for Voter Registration: Freedom Summer 190Getting ready 190Getting out the Black vote 191Mississippi burning 192The success of Freedom Summer 192Oh Lord Selma: Back in Alabama 193Getting arrested again 194Marching from Selma to Montgomery 194The Voting Rights Act of 1965 195Black Power Rising 196The Nation of Islam 196Malcolm X 197The Black Panther Party 199The transformation of SNCC 200Race Relations in the North 201Rioting in Watts 201The Chicago Freedom Movement 202The Poor People's March 203Death of a King 203The night of his death and the mourning after 204Continuing his work 204Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post–Civil Rights 207The Panthers Stumble 208Huey Newton: A symbol of Black Power 208The BPP encounters challenges 208Changing focus: Embracing nonviolence and women's leadership 213Fighting Vietnam 214An unfair fight 214Reacting to the war 215Coming home 215Black Women Taking a Stand 217A Race to Political Office 219Getting a foot in the door in the 1960s 220Making political strides in the 1970s 220Eyeing a bigger prize in the 1980s 221Still thriving in the 1990s and early 2000s 222Money, Money, Money 222Looking at homeownership 222Facing barriers in business 223Successful Black-owned businesses 224Unforeseen Enemies 226Crack cocaine 226HIV/AIDS 228The Racial Divide 229L.A. riots 230The O.J. Simpson verdict 230A modern-day lynching 231Hurricane Katrina 232Chapter 11: The New Civil Rights — Obama, Black Lives Matter, and Beyond 233Gaining the Presidency 234Obama's 2008 campaign 234The Age of Obama, 2008–2016 235Black community gains 236Black Lives Matter Emerges 238I am Trayvon 239Ferguson explodes: Michael Brown and the impact of Eric Garner's death 242Police killings continue: Tamir Rice and Laquan McDonald 243Baltimore Rising: Freddie Gray 243The Charleston Church Massacre 244Say her name: Sandra Bland 244Colin Kaepernick Kneels and Donald Trump Reacts 245Trump responds 246Kaepernick opts out of his contract 247Change Gone Come: Trump, COVID-19, and George Floyd 247Trump's attacks continue 248Stacey Abrams runs for governor in Georgia 249COVID-19 exposes racial disparities 249"Stop killing us": George Floyd and Breonna Taylor 251The 2020 Election 253Voting in the era of COVID-19 253Trump and the U.S. Capitol riot 256Part 4: Cultural Foundations 259Chapter 12: Somebody Say "Amen": The Black Church 261Converting to Christianity 262Early objections, early conversions 262The Great Awakenings: Called to convert 263Christianity, Black American style 264Building and Sustaining the Black Church 266Black churches in the North 267The Black church in the antebellum South 268Post–Civil War and Reconstruction 270Worship in the early 20th century 271The modern era: Megachurches 273The changing role of women 274Politics and the Church 275Getting more political 276Minister-politicians: Pulling double duty 276Fighting for civil rights: Minister-activists 277Continuing the struggle 278Worshiping Outside the Black Christian Mainstream 279Muslims and the Nation of Islam 279Black Catholics 281Jehovah's Witnesses 282Seventh-day Adventists 283Black demagogues 283Chapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education 285A Brief History of Early Black American Education 286Revolting education 286Reconstructing: Education post–Civil War 28920th-Century Educational Milestones 290Mixing it up with the Brown case 290Turning back the clock? 292Vouchers and school choice 292Leaving no child behind? Maybe 293Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal 294Obama and Trump on education 294Higher Learning 295Launching higher ed for the Black masses 296The Morrill Acts: Making it stick 298Determining the goal of higher education 299Desegregating higher education 303School Daze: The Black Greek system 304Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: Black Literature 307Troubled Beginnings 308Early poets 308Slave narratives 310A novel journey 311Writers' Party: The Harlem Renaissance 314Why Harlem? 315Key Renaissance artists and themes 316Post–World War II, Civil Rights–era Literature 319Richard Wright 320Ralph Ellison 320James Baldwin 321Frank Yerby 321The Breakthrough: The Black Arts Movement 322The beginning of the movement 322Welcoming new voices 322The Black Arts Movement legacy 323Anthologies from the Black Arts Movement 323Black Women's Words 324Alice Walker 324Toni Morrison 325Black Books from the 1990s On 327Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theater and Dance 331Making an Early Statement 332Minstrelsy: Performing in Blackface 333White minstrels 333Black minstrels 334Moving toward Broadway: Black Musical Theater 335More than minstrels 336Williams and Walker on Broadway 336The rumblings of serious Black theater 337Shuffling ahead 340Black Theater Comes of Age 342The Federal Theater Project and Black drama 342The American Negro Theater (ANT) 343A place to call home 344Black musicals, 1940s and beyond 345Two Visionaries 346August Wilson 346George C. Wolfe 347Black Theater in the 21st Century 348Kenny Leon 348Suzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Nottage, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and beyond 349Black Dance in America 351Early dances 351Tap dance 352Breakdancing 353Classical dance forms 354Part 5: A Touch of Genius: Music, Film, TV, and Sports 357Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: Black Music 359African Roots 359Black Music Fundamentals 360Feeling the Spirit: The Spirituals 361Ragtime 362Singing the Blues 363Blues basics 363Blues genres 364Famous blues musicians 365Let the Good Times Roll: Jazz 367The evolution of jazz styles 367Jazz singers 371Great jazz instrumentalists 372Keeping the tradition alive 374Spreading the Gospel 375Kirk Franklin and the new gospel sound 377Mainstreaming Black Music 378R&B 378Rocking and rolling 379Motown 381Giving America soul 383Post-soul Black music 384Getting funky and popping off 384The hip-hop age of R&B 385Taking the Rap 388Hip hop matures 388The West Coast opens up rap 389Women take the mic 390Trap music emerges 391Lyrical emcees return 392Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and Comedy 393Making Movies Black 394Race movies: Introducing all-Black casts 395Early Black roles in major studio films 3981940s–1960s: Exploring new themes 4011960s–1970s: Blaxploitation films 402Spike Lee and a Black film renaissance 403Hood films 404Stepping out of the hood genre 405The Rise of Black Directors 406Spike Lee: Getting personal 4061990s and early 2000s: The music video launch 407The 2010s: Drama, horror, heroes, and more 4082020: A stream of Black women directors 411Black Film Stars: From Song to Celluloid 412Singers-turned-actors 413Rappers-turned-actors/producers 413Kings and Queens of Comedy 415Richard Pryor 415Eddie Murphy 415Male comedians who followed Pryor and Murphy 416Whoopi Goldberg 419Other comediennes 419Enter Stage Left: Serious Actors 421Sidney Poitier 421Cicely Tyson 422Denzel Washington 422Morgan Freeman 423Wesley Snipes 423Samuel L. Jackson 424Halle Berry 424Viola Davis 425And the Award Goes to? 426Chapter 18: Black Hollywood: TV 427Early Black TV Comedies 428Opening the doors wider 428Getting an edge 429Kid comedies 429Cue the Huxtables and A Different World 430Targeting the Black Hip-Hop Audience 432Cable TV Opens the Door to More 432Black Women Comedians Contribute on TV 434No More Drama with Dramas 435The Rhimes effect 435Made-for-TV movies 436Black actors in cable TV series 437Network dramas 440Highlighting Black LGBTQ stories 440Black women TV executives 442The Next Level: Building Black Television and Film Empires 443The billion-dollar BET 443The big "O" 444Tyler Perry builds his own table 445Chapter 19: Winning Ain't Easy: Race and Sports 449Baseball 449The Negro Leagues 450Jackie Robinson: Integrating baseball 454The modern era 455Basketball 456College ball 457Pro ball 458Women's basketball 462Boxing 464Football 467Pro football 467College football 469Track and Field 470Tennis 474Arthur Ashe 474Venus and Serena Williams 475Golf 475Other Sports 476Part 6: The Part of Tens 479Chapter 20: Ten Black American Firsts 481Medicine (1837) 481Law (1845) 482Kentucky Derby (1875) 482Congressional Medal of Honor (1900) 483Rhodes Scholar (1907) 483Exploration (1909) 483Television (1939) 484Nobel Peace Prize (1950) 484Pulitzer Prize (1950) 484Fashion (1988) 485Chapter 21: Ten Black Literary Classics 487Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written by Himself (1845) 488Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1901) 488The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois (1903) 489The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (1933) 489Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) 490Native Son by Richard Wright (1940) 490Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) 491The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)by Alex Haley and Malcolm X (1965) 491The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982) 492Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987) 492Chapter 22: Ten (Plus One) Influential Black American Visual Artists 493Joshua Johnson (c. 1763–1832) 494Edmonia Lewis (c. 1844–1907) 494Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) 495Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) 495Horace Pippin (1888–1946) 496Loïs Mailou Jones (1905–1998) 497Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) 498Romare Bearden (1911–1988) 498John Biggers (1924–2001) 499Samella Lewis, Ph.D. (1924–) 499Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) 500Index 501
Details ISBN1119780853 Author Ronda Racha Penrice Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1119780853 ISBN-13 9781119780854 Format Paperback Imprint For Dummies Audience Professional and Scholarly Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Pages 544 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-06-24 Publication Date 2021-06-24 UK Release Date 2021-06-24 NZ Release Date 2021-05-18 DEWEY 973.0496073 US Release Date 2021-06-24 We've got this
At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love!
30 DAY RETURN POLICY
No questions asked, 30 day returns!
FREE DELIVERY
No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free.
SECURE PAYMENT
Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:136214695;
![Black American History For Dummies By Penrice, Ronda Racha [Paperback] • 20.34$](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/S4IAAOSwcldm97l4/s-l400.webp)
Your request is processing... Please Wait