To Make Our World Anew Volume 2 : Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers witness the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s and finally, the emergence of today's black middle class. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it. Contents 6 Preface to Volume Two 8 CHAPTER 1 Though Justice Sleeps: 1880–1900 18 CHAPTER 2 A Chance to Make Good: 1900–1929 82 CHAPTER 3 From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929–1945 146 CHAPTER 4 We Changed the World: 1945–1970 182 CHAPTER 5 Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present 280 Chronology 358 Further Reading 368 Picture Credits 385 Contributors 386 Index 388 A 388 B 388 C 389 D 389 E 390 F 390 G 390 H 391 I 391 J 391 K 391 L 392 M 392 N 393 O 393 P 394 Q 394 R 394 S 394 T 395 U 395 V 396 W 396 Y 396 Z 396 "The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's 'To Make Our World Anew' integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available if African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians."--BOOK COVER A panoramic, illustrated overview of African-American life offers a reconstructed history of the United States as seen through the experiences and struggles of African Americans during the Colonial period, slavery, the Civil War, reconstruction, and the Civil Rights era. Without exception, the contemporary societies of North and South America and the Caribbean include peoples of African descent. v. 1. A history of African Americans to 1880 v. 2. A history of African Americans since 1880.