African Americans in the West

African Americans in the West

by Douglas Flamming
ISBN-10:
1598840029
ISBN-13:
9781598840025
Pub. Date:
06/22/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
1598840029
ISBN-13:
9781598840025
Pub. Date:
06/22/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
African Americans in the West

African Americans in the West

by Douglas Flamming
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Overview

Based on the latest research, this work provides a new look at the lives of African Americans in the Western United States, from the colonial era to the present.

From colonial times to the present, this volume captures the experiences of the westward migration of African Americans. Based on the latest research, it offers a fresh look at the many ways African Americans influenced—and were influenced by—the development of the U.S. frontier.

African Americans in the West covers the rise of the slave trade to its expansion into what was at the time the westernmost United States; from the post–Civil War migrations, including the Exodusters who fled the South for Kansas in 1879 to the mid–20th century civil rights movement, which saw many critical events take place in the West—from the organization of the Black Panthers in Oakland to the tragic Watts riots in Los Angeles.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781598840025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/22/2009
Series: Cultures in the American West
Pages: 353
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Douglas Flamming is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction, Scott C. Zeman,
Preface,
Maps,
1 The African American West: Getting Started,
Defining the West,
Why Study the West?,
Americans of African Descent,
About This Book,
2 Frontiers of Slavery and Freedom, 1815–1865,
Slavery on the Early Frontier,
The Community Impulse,
Black Individualism,
Texas and Slavery,
Indian Territory and Slavery,
The Mexican War,
The California Gold Rush,
The Slavery Cases and Colored Conventions,
Beyond the West of Bondage?,
The West and the Civil War,
Conclusion,
Bibliographic Essay,
3 Trailblazers in the New West, 1866–1890,
The Cowboys,
Soldiering West,
To Kansas!,
Oklahoma,
The Black Towns,
The Rise of the Urban West,
Building "Community",
Bibliographic Essay,
Seeking Freedom in the West, 1890–1920,
A Different Kind of Black Experience,
The South in Crisis,
The "Talented Tenth" Migration,
The Great Migration,
No Rush Westward,
Community Life in the Black West,
The Afro-American Council,
The Colored Women's Clubs,
The Rise of the NAACP,
World War I,
Bibliographic Essay,
5 Between the World Wars, 1920–1940,
The Tulsa Race Riot,
The Second Ku Klux Klan,
Garveyism out West,
The New Negro Renaissance,
The NAACP Convention of 1928,
The Great Depression and the New Deal,
Bibliographic Essay,
6 World War II and the Great Transformation,
The Defense Economy,
The Second Great Migration,
The Role of the Federal Government,
Race and Organized Labor,
The Port Chicago Disaster,
The Housing Crisis,
Liberty Ships,
Bibliographic Essay,
7 The Era of Racial Liberalism, 1945–1965,
An Even Greater Migration,
The Housing Crises,
Fighting for Civil Rights,
Direct-Action Protests,
Direct Action in the West,
Sports and Entertainment,
The Political Arena,
Bibliographic Essay,
8 The Era of Black Nationalism, 1965–1980,
The Black West as Trendsetter,
Rebellion in Watts,
The Aftermath,
"Black Power!",
Karenga and Kwanzaa,
The Black Panthers,
Angela Davis and Che-Lumumba,
Civil Rights in the West (continued …),
The Electoral Arena,
The 1968 Olympic Games,
Blacks and Hollywood,
Conclusion,
Bibliographic Essay,
9 The African American West since 1980: Decline and Success,
The Urban Crisis,
The Rodney King Beating,
The L.A. Riot,
Gangsta Rap,
Willie Brown: Political Star,
Sports as the Great Equalizer?,
Suburbanization,
Leaving the West,
Bibliographic Essay,
10 Historiography and Current Issues,
The Historiography of the Black West,
A New Wave of Multiracial History?,
A "Minority Majority"?,
Chronology,
Glossary,
Selected Bibliography,
Index,
About the Author,

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