The African American people : a global history / Molefi Kete Asante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

United States--Civilization--African American influences.

United States.

Civilization.

United States--Race relations--History.

Race relations.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

xiii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history 's effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the United States with a new look at how African Americans in later generations impacted the rest of the world. Designed for a range of students studying African American History or African American Studies, The African American People takes the story from Africa to the Americas, and follows the diaspora through the Underground Railroad to Canada, and on to Europe, Asia, and around the globe. Including over 50 images documenting African American lives, The African American People presents the most detailed discussion of the African and African American diaspora to date, giving student the foundation they need to broaden their conception of African American History.

Contents:

Time before the time

The broken links

Africans confront the American situation

Freedom and revolutions without end

The great freedom war

Exploring new routes to equality and justice

From Harlem we charge up the racial mountain

Trouble in paradise

We will be free by any means necessary

Social and moral challenges are everywhere

The rise of social consciousness : an unfinished agenda

Appendix I: A chronology of African American history

Appendix II: Some notable African Americans in space

Appendix III: African American inventors and technologists

Appendix IV: African American firsts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415872546

0415872545

9780415872553

0415872553

9780203145087

OCLC:

703208348