African American history / edited by Carl L. Bankston, III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bankston, Carl L. (Carl Leon), 1952-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Magill's choice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

Physical Description:

3 volumes (lxi, 1179 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, [2006]

Summary:

This three-volume contribution to the Magills Choice series offers comprehensive coverage of the history of African Americans in the United States from their first arrival in British North America in 1619 through the present day. The sets alphabetically arranged essays cover the full sweep of the rich history of African Americans, with articles on the major economic, political, social, and cultural events and developments of nearly four centuries.

Contents:

Complete List of Contents xliii

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 387

Fullilove v. Klutznick 391

Gerrymandering 393

Gomillion v. Lightfoot 397

Grandfather clauses 398

Great Migration 399

Green v. County School Board of New Kent County 404

Greensboro sit-ins 406

Griffin v. Breckenridge 413

Griggs v. Duke Power Company 415

Groves v. Slaughter 417

Grovey v. Townsend 418

Guinn v. United States 419

Haitians 421

Hampton-Clark deaths 424

Harlem Renaissance 426

Harlins murder 434

Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections 435

Harpers Ferry raid 436

Hawkins murder 441

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 442

"I Have a Dream" speech 449

Integration 454

Irish and African Americans 460

Jackson's run for the presidency 461

Jamaicans 466

Jews and African Americans 470

Jim Crow laws 476

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company 479

Journey of Reconciliation 481

Kansas-Nebraska Act 490

Katzenbach v. McClung 496

Kerner Commission 499

Keyes v. Deaver School District No. 1 506

King assassination 507

King beating case 515

Koreans and African Americans 520

Ku Klux Klan 523

Ku Klux Klan Acts 529

Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections 530

League of Revolutionary Black Workers 530

The Liberator 532

Literature 537

Little Rock school desegregation crisis 544

Los Angeles riots 548

Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway Company v. Mississippi 552

Lynching 553

McCleskey v. Kemp 557

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 558

Malcolm X assassination 559

Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court 564

Martin v. Wilks 568

The Media 569

Miami riots 576

Military 579

Military desegregation 583

Milliken v. Bradley 592

Million Man March 593

Million Woman March 597

Miscegenation laws 600

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 603

Missouri Compromise 606

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada 612

Mobile v. Bolden 613

Montgomery bus boycott 614

Moore v. Dempsey 619

Moose Lodge v. Irvis 620

Move bombing 621

Moynihan Report 623

Music 624

Nation of Islam 631

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 635

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 636

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund 643

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama 650

National Association of Colored Women 651

National Black Women's Political Leadership Caucus 652

National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America 653

National Council of Colored People 654

National Council of Negro Women 658

National Urban League 659

Native Americans and African Americans 661

Negro Conventions 667

New York City slave revolt 669

New York riots 674

Newark riot 677

Newberry v. United States 679

Niagara Movement 681

Nixon v. Condon 685

Nixon v. Herndon 686

Norris v. Alabama 687

The North Star 689

Northwest Ordinance 694

One-drop rule 698

Orangeburg massacre 699

Palmer v. Thompson 700

Pan-Africanism 701

Patterson v. McLean Credit Union 702

Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery 703

Plessy v. Ferguson 708

Politics and government 713

Poll taxes 723

Poor People's March on Washington 725

Powell v. Alabama 727

Powers v. Ohio 728

President's Committee on Civil Rights 729

Proslavery argument 731

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul 735

Race riots of 1866 737

Race riots of 1943 741

Race riots of 1967 745

Race riots of the twentieth century 750

Rainbow Coalition 753

Reconstruction 755

Reitman v. Mulkey 763

Republic of New Africa 765

Restrictive covenants 766

Roots 767

Runyon v. McCrary 768

School desegregation 770

Science and technology 776.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [1027]-1075) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1587652390

1587652404

1587652412

1587652420

OCLC:

60590052

Publisher Number:

9781587652394

9781587652400

9781587652417

9781587652424