1993, ISBN: 9780140178227

New York - London: Penguin Books, 1993. 10th Printing of the 6th Revised Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 3/4. 713 Pages Indexed. This is the 10th Printing of the 1993 … Mehr…

New York - London: Penguin Books, 1993. 10th Printing of the 6th Revised Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 3/4. 713 Pages Indexed. This is the 10th Printing of the 1993 Release with an Updated Landmarks and Milestones section. Slight barely noticeable concave spine and some pages have a very light hint of age-tanning at top borders. Beyond this are flawless text pages and illustrations. No marks or stamps. This book traces black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey that ended in slavery, the Reconstruction period, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in an exploration of the complex realities of African-American life in the 1990s. Here is the most recent scholarship on the geographic, social, ethnic, economic, and cultural journey of the other Americans, together with vital portraits of black pioneers and seminal figures in the struggle for freedom, as well as additional material on historical developments in the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. Contents in 12 Chapters: The African Past, Before the Mayflower, The Founding of Black America, Behind the Cotton Curtain, Blood on the Leaves Revolts and Conspiracies, The Generation of crisis, The Jubilee War Witnesses and Warriors, Black Power in the Old South, The Life and Times of Jim Crow Red White and Black Race and Sex, From Booker T. Washington to Martin Luther King Jr, and The Time of the Whale. Illustrated with 87 black and white photographs. Also included are the Prefaces for the Sixth, Fifth, Second, and First Editions., Penguin Books, 1993, 3<

ISBN: 9780140178227

Penguin Books. Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the marking… Mehr…

Penguin Books. Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., Penguin Books, 1<