The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Black Experience in America

About this eBook

Author

Coombs, Norman, 1932-

Title

The Black Experience in America

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

Slavery -- United States -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

67

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67

Release Date

May 1, 1993

Copyright

Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

1. 1.THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA — Published electronically by its author, Norman Coombs, and Project Gutenberg. — (C 1993) by Norman Coombs — THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
2. 2.The Immigrant Heritage of America — By Norman Coombs — Publisher: Twayne, (c 1972)
3. 3.Contents — Preface — Acknowledgements
4. 4.PART ONE From Freedom to Slavery — CHAPTER 1 — African Origins — The Human Cradle — West African Empires — The Culture of West Africa — CHAPTER 2 — The Human Market — The Slave Trade — Caribbean Interlude — CHAPTER 3 — Slavery as Capitalism — The Shape of American Slavery — North American and South American Slavery — Slavery and the Formation of Character — Slave Response — Chapter 4 — All Men Are Created Equal — Slavery and the American Revolution — Slave Insurrections — Growing Racism
5. 5.PART TWO Emancipation Without Freedom — Chapter 5 — A Nation Divided — Black Moderates And Black Militants — White Liberals — Growth of Extremism — CHAPTER 6 — From Slavery to Segregation — Blue, Gray, and Black — Reconstruction and Its Failure — The New Racism — CHAPTER 7 — Racism and Democracy — Fighting Jim Crow — Making the World Safe for Democracy — Urban Riots — The Klan Revival
6. 6.PART THREE The Search For Equality — CHAPTER 8 — The Crisis of Leadership — The Debate over Means and Ends — Booker T. Washington: The Trumpet of Conciliation — W. E. B. DuBois: The Trumpet of Confrontation — Marcus Garvey: The Trumpet of Pride — A. Philip Randolph: The Trumpet of Mobilization — Chapter 9 — The New Negro — Immigration and Migration — Harlem: "The Promised Land" — The Negro Renaissance — Black Nationalism — CHAPTER 10 — Fighting Racism at Home and Abroad — Hard Times Again — The Second World War — The U.S. and the U.N. — CHAPTER 11 — Civil Rights and Civil Disobedience — Schools and Courts — The Civil Rights Movement — CHAPTER 12 — The Black Revolt — Civil Disorders — Black Power — Epilogue

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