Upon these Shores

This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and chronologically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics - from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics. <p>Foreword<br>William H. Gray, III<br><br>Introduction: The Long Rugged Road<br>William R. Scott and William G. Shade<br><br><br>Part I: Out of Africa<br><br>1. Africa, The Slave Trade and the Diaspora<br>Joseph C. Miller<br><br><br>Part II. The Peculiar Institution<br><br>2. Creating a Biracial Society, 1619-1720<br>Jean R. Soderlund<br>3. Africans in Eighteenth-Century North America<br>Peter H. Wood<br>4. In Search of Freedom: Slave Life in the Antebellum South<br>Norrece T. Jones<br>5. Though We Are Not Slaves, We Are Not Free: Blacks in Antebellum America<br>William G. Shade<br><br>Part III. The Reconstruction and Beyond<br><br>6. Full of Faith, Full of Hope: The African-American Experience From Emancipation to Segregation<br>Armstead Robinson<br>7. Blacks in the Economy From Reconstruction to World War I <br>Gerald D. Jaynes<br>8. In Search of the Promised Land: Black Migration and Urbanization, 1900-1940<br>Carole C. Marks<br>9. From Booker T. to Malcolm X: Black Political Thought, 1895-1965<br>Wilson J. Moses<br>10. Rights, Power and Equality: The Modern Civil Rights Movement<br>Edward P. Morgan<br><br>Part IV. African American Identity and Culture<br><br>11. The Sounds of Blackness: African American Music<br>Waldo F. Martin<br>12. Black Voices: Themes in African American Literature<br>Gerald Early<br>13. Black Religious Traditions: Sacred and Secular Themes<br>Gayraud S. Wilmore<br><br>Part V. Family, Class and Gender<br><br>14. African-American Family Life in Societal Context: Crisis and Hope<br>Walter R. Allen<br>15. From Black Bourgeoisie to African American Middle Class, 1957 to the Present <br>Robert Gregg<br>16. The New Underclass: Concentrated Poverty in the Post-Industrial City<br>John F. Bauman<br>17. Black Feminism in the United States<br>Beverly Guy-Sheftal<br><br>Part VI. The Post-War Agenda<br><br>18. African-Americans and Education Since the Brown Decisions: A Contextual View <br>Stephen N. Butler<br>19. After the Movement: African-Americans and Civil Rights Since 1970<br>Donald G. Neiman<br>20. The Quest for Black Equity: African-American Politics Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965<br>Lawrence J. Hanks<br>21. Black Internationalism: African-Americans and Foreign Policy Activism <br>William R. Scott<br><br>Afterword: The Future of African Americans<br>Charles V. Hamilton</p>