Includes bibliographical references (page 104) and index.
Contents
Declarations of independence -- Slavery -- Abolition -- Lincoln's war -- Reconstruction -- Cowboys and Indians: Native Americans and westward Negroes -- Turn of the century and the great migration -- Harlem and the vote for women -- Hard times and World War II -- Black innovation -- Jim Crow's a-dying -- Revolution -- Epilogue.
Summary
Presents an introduction to African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.
