Americans from Africa

<p><em>Americans from Africa</em> seeks to convey varying perspectives on the Black Experience in the United States and its controversial history. This volume <em>Slavery and Its Aftermath</em> deals with four major issues: the extent of African influences on the lives of those enslaved and brought to America beginning with an essay on Africanisms in Everyday Life by Melville J. Herskovits; the impact of slavery on personality and social structure sometimes called The Elkins Debate; similarities and differences in life for African Americans in the South and in the North; and matters of community class and family including the full text of the Moynihan Report and several pointed critiques.</p><p>In addition to the commentaries by and on the works of Herskovits Elkins and Daniel Patrick Moynihan other contributors to Volume I include Kenneth B. Clark Mina Caulfield Davis E. Franklin Edwards Eugene Genovese Ulf Hannerz Charles S. Johnson Leroi Jones and Charles Keil.</p><p>The second volume <em>Old Memories New Moods</em> contains essays on the roots of black protest; the background and character of the Civil Rights Movement; interpretations of the impact and significance of Black Power and varied views on changing self-images of being African American.</p>