Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know!

Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have studied in school, digging into the complexities and the intrigues that make up Black America. From slavery and the Civil Rights movement to Black Wall Street, Juneteenth, redlining, and Black Lives Matter, this book offers an accessible resource for understanding the facts and events critical to Black history in America.

The history of Black Americans is the history of Americans; Americans dance to Black music, read Black literature, watch Black movies, and whether they know it or not reap the benefits of the vibrant political, athletic, and sociological contributions of Black Americans. With this book, you can dive into history, culture, and beyond. See how far there's yet to go in the approach to studying Black American culture and ending racism.

• Get the authoritative story on the growth and evolution of Black America from slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights era through to today

• Discover the Black artists, musicians, athletes, and leaders who have made the United States what it is

• Develop a fuller understanding of concerns about police brutality and other front-and-center race issues

• Find out how every aspect of American life connects to Black history

  Black American History For Dummies is for anyone who needs to learn or re-learn the true history about Black Americans.

  Autorentext

Ronda Racha Penrice attended the M.A. program in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. A veteran freelance writer, the Columbia University alum has covered Black history and culture for publications including Zora, Essence, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ebony, theGrio, The Root, and NBC THINK.

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Tap into Black American history and culture

The historical and cultural contributions of Black Americans run deep. And what you learned (or more likely didn't learn) in school wasn't the whole story! With roots in the African continent meshed into something completely new, Black Americans have forged a culture of excellence in various spheres including education, music, politics, film, TV, theatre, and beyond. Explore how their resilience through slavery and Jim Crow fuels the ongoing fight against systemic racism and social injustice. From the emancipation and civil rights movements to Black Lives Matter of today, the flame of freedom burns strong. Uncover all this and much, much more in Black American History For Dummies!

Inside. . .

• Black heritage and pride
• Transatlantic slave trade
• Black women leaders
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• Civil Rights and Black Power
• Fighting racism and injustice
• Black culture, sports, and religion

• Excellence in literature and art**

  Zusammenfassung

Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know!

Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have studied in school, digging into the complexities and the intrigues that make up Black America. From slavery and the Civil Rights movement to Black Wall Street, Juneteenth, redlining, and Black Lives Matter, this book offers an accessible resource for understanding the facts and events critical to Black history in America.

The history of Black Americans is the history of Americans; Americans dance to Black music, read Black literature, watch Black movies, and whether they know it or not reap the benefits of the vibrant political, athletic, and sociological contributions of Black Americans. With this book, you can dive into history, culture, and beyond. See how far there's yet to go in the approach to studying Black American culture and ending racism.

• Get the authoritative story on the growth and evolution of Black America from slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights era through to today
• Discover the Black artists, musicians, athletes, and leaders who have made the United States what it is
• Develop a fuller understanding of concerns about police brutality and other front-and-center race issues

• Find out how every aspect of American life connects to Black history
  Black American History For Dummies is for anyone who needs to learn or re-learn the true history about Black Americans.

  Inhalt

Introduction 1

About This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 4

Where to Go from Here 5

Part 1: Coming to America 7

Chapter 1: The Soul of America 9

A Peek at the Past 10

Life before slavery 11

Life before emancipation 11

Life before civil rights 12

Being Black in America Today 14

Contributions to history and culture 15

Challenges 19

Black Pride Goes Mainstream 22

Celebrating Black heritage 23

Black cultural tourism booms 24

Reconciling the Past to Create the Future 26

Slavery as an American (not Southern) institution 28

Flagging the issue 28

A question of reparations 30

Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas 33

Touring African Empires 34

Ghana Empire 35

Mali 35

Songhai 36

Interaction with the rest of the world 37

Origins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 38

Slavery on the African continent 38

Launching the European slave trade 39

Enslaving Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean 41

Sanctioning and opposing slavery 42

Dealing with life enslaved 44

Seeking freedom 45

Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America 49

From Servitude to Slavery 49

Inching toward slavery 50

Why Africans? 51

The Triangular Trade 51

The Middle Passage 52

The capture 52

The voyage 54

Safe arrival 55

Black Americans and the Revolution 57

A bit of background 58

Fighting for freedom 58

Hope and disappointment 60

The Free African Society and the Birth of Black America 61

Part 2: Long Road to Freedom 63

Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom 65

American Bondage 66

Northern slavery 66

Enslaved life in the South 69

Before I'd Be a Slave: Fighting the System 73

The Slave Codes 74

Rebellions 75

Running away 79

Free Black People 81

Different paths to freedom 82

Perhaps free, but not equal 82

Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom 85

Picking Fights 86

Arguing against slavery 87

Arguing for slavery 88

Leading the Antislavery Assault: Key Abolitionists 89

Anthony Benezet 89

David Walker 90

William Lloyd Garrison 90

Frederick Douglass 91

Fighting with Words 92

Slave narratives 92

Origins of the Black press 93

Colonization (or Emigration) Movement 94

Early resettlement efforts 95

Cuffe: Man on a mission 95

Questioning motives 96

The Effects of Proslavery Politics 96

The Fugitive Slave Clause 96

Stronger fugitive slave measures: Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 97

Battling over the slave status of new land 97

The Missouri Compromise 98

The Underground Railroad 98

Operation Freedom 99

Key people along the line 99

Message in the music 103

The Breaking Point 103

Straining North-South relations 104

The Compromise of 1850 104

The Kansas-Nebraska Act 105

Slavery continues 105

Dred Scott: A strike against freedom 106

Defining events at Harpers Ferry 106

Facing the Moment of Truth 107

Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction 109 The Question: To End Slavery or...