"I will wear no chain!" : a social history of African-American males / Christopher B. Booker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Booker, Christopher B. (Christopher Brian), 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American men--History.

African American men.

African American men--Social conditions.

Masculinity--United States--History.

Masculinity.

Sex role--United States--History.

Sex role.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Summary:

Traces the social history of African American men from the days of slavery to the Million Man March.

Contents:

1. Slavery and the Development of Black Masculinity, 1619-1860 1

2. The Context of Black Masculine Development during the Antebellum Era 21

3. The Development of African American Masculinity among Free Black Males, 1619-1861 43

4. The Civil War and the Black Male 67

5. African American Males and the Challenge of Emancipation, 1865-1895 87

6. Booker T. Washington, Accommodationism, and Black Masculinity 117

7. Black Males, Race Riots, and the Scourge of Lynching 139

8. Marcus Garvey and the New Negro Man 157

9. The Emergence of the Urban Black Male: Increasing Black Power, 1945-1972 179

10. African American Males in Contemporary Society, 1972-Present 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-245) and index.

ISBN:

0275956377

OCLC:

43286968