The Black Experience in America

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The Black Experience in America by Norman Coombs.

Contents

• THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA5
• Published electronically by its author, Norman Coombs, and Project Gutenberg.5
• (C 1993) by Norman Coombs5
• THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA6
• The Immigrant Heritage of America7
• Publisher: Twayne, (c 1972)7
• Preface10
• Acknowledgements12
• PART ONE From Freedom to Slavery13
• CHAPTER 1 African Origins13
• The Human Cradle13
• West African Empires17
• The Culture of West Africa21
• CHAPTER 2 The Human Market26
• The Slave Trade26
• Caribbean Interlude32
• CHAPTER 3 Slavery as Capitalism36
• The Shape of American Slavery37
• North American and South American Slavery40
• Slavery and the Formation of Character45
• Slave Response52
• Chapter 4 All Men Are Created Equal54
• Slavery and the American Revolution54
• Slave Insurrections58
• Growing Racism61
• PART TWO Emancipation Without Freedom65
• Chapter 5 A Nation Divided65
• Black Moderates And Black Militants65
• White Liberals72
• Growth of Extremism75
• CHAPTER 6 From Slavery to Segregation79
• Blue, Gray, and Black80
• Reconstruction and Its Failure84
• The New Racism91
• CHAPTER 7 Racism and Democracy96
• Fighting Jim Crow96
• Making the World Safe for Democracy101
• Urban Riots107
• The Klan Revival110
• PART THREE The Search For Equality114
• CHAPTER 8 The Crisis of Leadership114
• The Debate over Means and Ends114
• Booker T. Washington: The Trumpet of Conciliation116
• W. E. B. DuBois: The Trumpet of Confrontation125
• Marcus Garvey: The Trumpet of Pride131
• A. Philip Randolph: The Trumpet of Mobilization136
• Chapter 9 The New Negro141
• Immigration and Migration141
• Harlem: "The Promised Land"147
• The Negro Renaissance152
• Black Nationalism160
• CHAPTER 10 Fighting Racism at Home and Abroad164
• Hard Times Again164
• The Second World War169
• The U.S. and the U.N.176
• CHAPTER 11 Civil Rights and Civil Disobedience181
• Schools and Courts182
• The Civil Rights Movement187
• CHAPTER 12 The Black Revolt198
• Civil Disorders198
• Black Power204
• Epilogue215
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE219

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