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We ain't what we ought to be the Black freedom struggle, from emancipation to Obama /

In this book the author traces the black freedom struggle in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom during the Civil War to President Obama's inauguration. As it moves from popular culture to high politics, from the Deep South to New England, the West Coast, and abroad, he weaves st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tuck, Stephen G. N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2010.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The freedom war, 1861-1865
  • Freedom is not enough, 1865-1877
  • Resisting the juggernaut of White supremacy, 1878-1906
  • Black leaders reckon with Jim Crow, 1893-1916
  • Great War and Great Migration, 1917-1924
  • Renaissance in Harlem, dark ages elsewhere, 1924-1941
  • World War II and its aftermath, 1941-1948
  • Three steps forward, two steps back, 1949-1959
  • The Civil Rights movement, 1960-1965
  • Black power and grassroots protest, 1966-1978
  • Reagan, rap, and resistance, 1979-2000.