Hard road to freedom : the story of African America
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Hard road to freedom : the story of African America
Rutgers University Press, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-387) and index
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ISBN 9780813528502
内容説明
Hard Road to Freedom tells the story of African America from its African roots to the political and social upheavals at the end of the twentieth century. It interweaves the experiences of individual black Americans with an analysis of the nation's pursuit of its fundamental principles, of freedom, and civil rights. The book begins with African cultures and the African people who withstood the horrors of the slave trade and slavery to help shape a new multiracial society in North America. The American Revolution brought freedom to some, but most remained in the grip of slavery. African Americans and their allies continually raised the cry for freedom, building determined black communities and dedicated antislavery organizations that contributed to the abolition of slavery. The precarious freedom after the Civil War brought new opportunities, but also new dangers and the limitations of Jim Crow. The wars and the depression in the early twentieth century found black Americans forging new alliances, creating a cultural renaissance, and fighting for democracy and freedom abroad. At home, they struggled against the denials of freedom and citizenship that still barred their full participation and that tarnished America's standing in the eyes of the international community. Throughout the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s and the political and cultural backlash that followed, African Americans continued to raise their voices in often eloquent and always insistent appeals that the nation live up to the promise of its principles. This book tells of America's unsteady advance along the road to freedom, the triumphs and hope, as well as the failures and despair, from the vantage point of the African Americans who resolutely played a critical role in that story.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813528519
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"Hard Road to Freedom" is a comprehensive history of African Americans, from the very first settlements to the political and technological upheavals of the 21st century. In telling the story of black people in America the authors range far beyond issues of slavery to a wider tale of determined struggle, disappointment and success. James Oliver Horton and Lois Horton document the efforts of African Americans to achieve racial equality throughout all of US history, and they clearly demonstrate the contributions that African Americans have made to the country as a whole. Their copious use of primary-source materials - autobiographies, illustrations, and historical documents - brings to life this gripping tale of unquenchable courage in the face of innumerable obstacles. "Hard Road to Freedom" presents the study of black people in America as an expression of one of this nation's fundamental principles, the pursuit of liberty. The book begins with African cultures and the slave trade. Later, the Age of Revolution equivocated on the promise of freedom to African Americans - a promise raised along with the colonists' cries for liberty.
The book documents African Americans' insistence that their adopted country live up to its founding principles within the context of a spatially - and racially - divided society. The Civil War did end slavery, but it brought an ambiguous and precarious freedom. The promise of Reconstruction faded into southern segregation policed by organized terrorism. In turning to the 20th century, the book highlights many images and events: attempts to create interracial alliances among farmers and industrial workers; a sophisticated cultural renaissance in northern cities; the struggles against Jim Crow among African American soldiers during World War II; southern resistance to civil rights demands; the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; and the Black Power movement. In the late 20th century, with most of the world's wars safely abroad, but with riots and upheavals at home, the Hortons note the political backlash that brought into power racial and economic conservatives. These politicians and lobbyists advocated a "colour blind" emphasis on individual rights in their debates with those pleading for a continual focus on racial equality. Yet there are hopeful signs.
Most Americans today are aware of the nation's racial and cultural diversity, and more African Americans hold political and economic power today than ever before. There is still much more work to be done.
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