Major Problems in African American History Volume II: From Freedom to "Freedom Now," 1865 - 1990s

, by Holt, Thomas C.; Brown, Elsa Barkley

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This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays and is designed to encourage critical thinking about the history and culture of African Americans. The book presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.

Preface

Interpreting African-American History

(35)

Documents

The Brownies' Book Encourages Black Children to Know Their History, 1920

(1)

Carter G. Woodson on His Goals for Black History, 1922

(1)

Mary McLeod Bethune Outlines the Objectives of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1937

(2)

John Hope Franklin Explains the Lonely Dilemma of the American Negro Scholar, 1963

(1)

Vincent Harding on the Differences Between Negro History and Black History, 1971

(2)

Lucille Clifton on the Nurturing of History, c. 1990

(1)

Essays

The History of African-American History

(5)

John Hope Franklin

The Burden of African-American History: Memory, Justice, and a Usable Past

(9)

David W. Blight

Sites of Memory, Sites of Struggle: The ``Materials'' of History

(10)

Fath Davis Ruffins

Further Reading

(2)

The Work of Reconstruction

(51)

Documents

African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, Petition President Andrew Johnson, 1865

(2)

Freedmen of Edisto Island, South Carolina, Demand Land, 1865

(1)

Captain Charles Soule, Northern Army Officer, Lectures Ex-Slaves on the Responsibilities of Freedom, 1865

(2)

A Share-Wages Contract, 1865

(1)

Charles Raushenberg, a Freedmen's Bureau Agent, Reports from Georgia, 1867

(3)

Martin Lee, a Freedman, Struggles to Reunite His Family, 1866

(1)

Elizabeth Botume, a Northern Schoolteacher, Remembers a Husband and Wife Reunion, c. 1865

(2)

Harriet Hernandes, a South Carolina Woman, Testifies Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1871

(4)

Elected Representatives, 1872

(2)

Essays

Schools for Freedom

(13)

Herbert G. Gutman

Defining Free Labor

(6)

Julie Saville

The Labor of Politics

(10)

Elsa Barkley Brown

Further Reading

(2)

Renegotiating African-American Life in the New South

(39)

Documents

Black Southerners Look Toward Kansas, 1877

(1)

David C. Barrow, Jr., a Georgia Planter's Son, Describes the Emergence of Sharecropping, 1880

(2)

Nate Shaw Aims to Make a Living Farming, 1907-1908

(2)

Black Southerners Appeal to President William McKinley for Federal Protection, 1898-1900

(3)

Representative George White of North Carolina Delivers His Final Speech on the Floor of Congress, 1901

(1)

Richmond Planet Reports a Streetcar Boycott, 1904-1905

(3)

A Public Library Opens in Louisville, Kentucky, 1908

101

(1)

Essays

Renegotiating the Community

102

(13)

Elsa Barkley Brown

The Politics of Labor

115

(10)

Tera W. Hunter

Further Reading

125

(1)

Rural Exodus and the Growth of New Urban Communities

126

(30)

Documents

Black Population in Selected Cities, 1910-1930

128

(1)

Migrants' Letters, 1917

128

(4)

Helpful Hints for Migrants to Detroit, 1918

132

(1)

George Edmund Haynes, a Black Social Scientist, Surveys Detroit, 1918

133

(2)

A Migrant Family Adjusts to Life in Chicago, 1922

135

(2)

Migration Blues

137

(1)

Essays

The Great Migration

138

(6)

Peter Gottlieb

Caribbean Connections

144

(10)

Irma Watkins-Owens

Further Reading

154

(2)

Defining a Race Politics

156

(30)

Documents

Ida B. Wells Urges Self-Defense, 1892

158

(1)

Booker T. Washington Promotes Accommodationism, 1895

159

(2)

Resolutions of the National Association of Colored Women, 1904

161

(1)

The Niagara Men Pledge Themselves to Persistent Agitation, 1905

162

(1)

Maggie Lena Walker Talks to Black Men About Racial Responsibility, 1906

163

(3)

Promoting Black Towns, c. 1907

166

(1)

Ten Thousand Charlestonians Petition for Black Teachers in Black Schools, 1919

167

(1)

The Messenger Urges Black and White Workers to Organize, 1919

168

(1)

Marcus Garvey Assesses the Situation for Black People, 1922

169

(1)

Essays

Race and Feminism

170

(7)

Deborah Gray White

Race Consciousness and Radicalism

177

(7)

Winston James

Further Reading

184

(2)

The Culture Wars

186

(34)

Documents

A Review of Scott Joplin's Opera Treemonisha, 1911

188

(1)

Blues Lyrics of the 1920s

189

(1)

Rev. George W. Harvey, Baptist Minister, Denounces Swinging Spirituals, 1939

190

(2)

Alain Locke, Philosopher, Defines the ``New Negro,'' 1925

192

(2)

Langston Hughes, Poet and Writer, Critiques His Critics, 1940

194

(3)

Screening the Race, 1925

197

(1)

Zora Neale Hurston, Writer and Anthropologist, Takes Her University Training Home, 1927

198

(1)

A Roundtable Discussion on African Survivals in Gullah Language, 1941

199

(3)

Essays

The Blues Aesthetic and Black Vernacular Dance

202

(8)

Tera W. Hunter

Constructing Working-Class Culture

210

(8)

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Further Reading

218

(2)

Opportunities Lost and Found

220

(31)

Documents

Black Population in Selected Cities, 1940--1960

222

(1)

Charles Hamilton Houston and John P. Davis Critique the Lily-White Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934

222

(3)

Protesting Lynching: A National Crime, 1934

225

(1)

A ``Black Cabinet'' Assembles, 1938

226

(1)

Louise ``Mamma'' Harris Describes Labor Organizing in Richmond, Virginia, Tobacco Factories, 1940

226

(3)

A Marine's Letter to A. Philip Randolph About Discrimination in the Marine Corps, c. 1943

229

(1)

Breaking the Color Bar in Sports, 1947

230

(2)

Essays

Radical Organizing During the Depression

232

(7)

Robin D. G. Kelley

New Lives in the West

239

(10)

Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo

Further Reading

249

(2)

Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

251

(31)

Documents

Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke Describe Exploitation of Black Women Workers During the Depression, 1935

252

(2)

Young Radicals Propose an Economic Program for the NAACP, 1935

254

(2)

Charles Hamilton Houston Lays Out a Legal Strategy for the NAACP, 1935

256

(1)

Goals of the National Negro Congress, 1935

257

(2)

A Call to March on Washington, 1941

259

(2)

James Farmer Recounts CORE's Early Direct Action Strategy, 1942

261

(2)

Consumers Boycott Washington, D.C., Department Store, 1945

263

(2)

Essays

Theaters of Resistance

265

(8)

Robin D. G. Kelley

Labor and Civil Rights

273

(8)

Robert Korstad

Nelson Lichtenstein

Further Reading

281

(1)

The Civil Rights Movement

282

(31)

Documents

Jo Ann Robinson, Women's Political Council President, Hints of a Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, 1954

283

(1)

Melba Pattillo Beals Recalls Her First Days at Little Rock Central High School, 1957

284

(2)

Fannie Lou Hamer's Initiation into the Civil Rights Movement, 1962

286

(2)

James Bevel, an SCLC Organizer, Mobilizes Birmingham's Young People, 1963

288

(1)

Martin Luther King, Jr., Writes from His Jail Cell, 1963

289

(2)

John Lewis, SNCC Chairman, Challenges the Federal Government, 1963

291

(1)

Avon W. Rollins, an SNCC Field Secretary, Details Progress Made in Danville, Virginia, 1964

292

(1)

Malcolm X Defines Revolution, 1963

293

(2)

Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin Is Forced Out, 1960

295

(1)

Essays

``A Leader Who Stood Out in a Forest of Tall Trees''

296

(5)

Clayborne Carson

Cultural Traditions and the Politicization of Communities

301

(4)

Charles M. Payne

Challenging the Politics of Spokesmanship

305

(6)

Charles M. Payne

Further Reading

311

(2)

After ``Freedom Now!''

313

(25)

Documents

Nina Simone's Song ``Mississippi Goddam,'' 1964

314

(2)

SNCC Denounces the Vietnam War, 1966

316

(1)

An Interview with Black Panther Jimmy Slater

317

(2)

Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977

319

(1)

A Statistical Portrait of Black America, 1940-1990s

320

(3)

Miami's Concerned Black Organizations for Justice Issues a Manifesto of ``Collective Needs,'' 1980

323

(1)

Essays

Civil Rights Activism and the War on Poverty

324

(6)

George Lipsitz

The Political Culture of Detroit

330

(7)

Suzanne E. Smith

Further Reading

337

(1)

Progress and Poverty: African Americans at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

338

(50)

Documents

Leanita McClain on Being Black, Successful, and Middle Class, 1980

339

(2)

Jesse Jackson Addresses the Democratic National Convention, 1988

341

(8)

The Children's Defense Fund Assesses the Life Chances of a Black Child in America, 2000

349

(1)

The Relative Economic Condition of Black Youths, 1973 and 1993

350

(1)

The United States Congress Investigates Rap Music, 1994

351

(4)

The New Face of Racism: Racial Profiling, 1999

355

(1)

The New Face of Racism: The Ordeal of Haitian Immigrants, 1998

356

(3)

The Borders of Black America: The New ``Black'' Immigrants, 1999

359

(4)

Essays

Rethinking Constitutional Rights

363

(7)

Lani Guinier

Twenty-First Century Cultural Politics

370

(8)

Tricia Rose

The Changing Face of the Continuing Struggle

378

(10)

Temma Kaplan

Further Reading

388

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Major Problems in African American History Volume II: From Freedom to "Freedom Now," 1865 - 1990s

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