PAUL T. MILLERThe Postwar Struggle for Civil Rights: African Americans in San Francisco, 1945-1975. (Studies in African American History and Culture.) New York: Routledge. 2010. Pp. xvi, 167. $95.00

2012 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-233
Author(s):  
A. S. Broussard
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
American History ◽  
African American History

scholarly journals Book Review: History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Trent Shotwell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
American History ◽  
Social Life ◽  
African American History ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich

History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots by Thomas J. Davis chronicles the remarkable past of African Americans from the earliest arrival of their ancestors to the election of President Barack Obama. This work was produced to recognize every triumph and tragedy that separates African Americans as a group from others in America. By distinguishing the rich and unique history of African Americans, History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots provides an account of inspiration, courage, and progress. Each chapter details a significant piece of African American history, and the book includes numerous concise portraits of prominent African Americans and their contributions to progressing social life in the United States.

scholarly journals Inside the Nation of Islam

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 198-200
Author(s):  
Natasha Persaud
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
American History ◽  
Harlem Renaissance ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
African American History ◽  
Nation Of Islam ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The North ◽  
Extensive Involvement

The author, who embraced the teachings of Louis Farrakhan's revampedNation of Islam (NOI) in the late I 970s to find solutions to America's raceproblems, left disillusioned in the mid-1990s. What he witnessed as hepassed through the organization's rank and file compelled him to compilehis experiences to give others a clearer understanding of the Nation's originsas well as its role concerning the issues facing African-Americans.Inside the Nation of Islam is divided into I I chapters and contains aforeword by Mike Wallace an epilogue by the author, extensive notes, abibliography, and an index. Also included are several photographs thatillustrate White's extensive involvement in the NOLWith a brief overview of African-American history prior to the NOI'screation, chapters 1 and 2 touch on the Harlem Renaissance, the origin ofthe Jim Crow laws, and the mass exodus of African-Americans from theSouth to the North. With the fall of similar resistance movements, theNOJ stepped in to address the bitter disillusionment that many of themexperienced upon their arrival in the North ...

scholarly journals Book Review: Black Power Encyclopedia: From “Black Is Beautiful” to Urban Uprisings.

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
D. Singleton
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
Black Power ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
African American History ◽  
Black Power Movement ◽  
American Society

The Black Power Movement was largely a youth-led effort that broke from past thinking and methods of confronting American society and marked an important evolution in how African Americans continued their struggle in the wake of hard-fought landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. There is no shortage of reference works on the Civil Rights Movement and African American history in general that include entries on facets of the Black Power Movement.

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