Africa to America: From the Middle Passage Through the 1930s
Africa to America: From the Middle Passage Through the 1930s
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Annotation: Chronicles the history of African Americans, including African cultures and kingdoms, literature and art, slavery, abolition, reconstruction, law, religion, education, and the Harlem Renaissance.
 
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Catalog Number: #4329391
Format: Library Binding
Copyright Date: 2011
Edition Date: 2011 Release Date: 08/01/10
Pages: 268 pages
ISBN: 1-615-30126-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-615-30126-3
Dewey: 973
LCCN: 2009054299
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
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School Library Journal (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2011)

WALLENFELDT, Jeff . Black American Biographies: The Journey of Achievement . 402p. ISBN 978-1-61530-137-9 ; ISBN 978-1-61530-176-8 . LC 2010010373. WALLENFELDT, Jeff . The Black Experience in America: From Civil Rights to the Present . 230p. reprods. appendix. chron. ISBN 978-1-61530-146-1 ; ISBN 978-1-61530-177-5 . LC 2010014639. ea vol: (African American History and Culture Series). photos. bibliog. glossary. index. CIP. Britannica Educational . 2010. PLB $45; ebook $45. Gr 6-8 Though billed as "new" on the publisher's website, much, possibly all, of the material in these volumes is recycled from titles issued by this and other publishers within the past decade. Africa to America opens with a historical overview, then surveys African cultural roots, modern racism, African-American slavery, religion, educational institutions, and the arts through the Harlem Renaissance. Some chapters include sections of primary sources. About 300 figures are profiled in Biographies ; they are gathered and sometimes forced into categories"Emmett Till," for instance, is placed in the "Activists" section, and "Crispus Attucks" in "Government Officials, Diplomats, and Soldiers." The choice of entries is conservative; none of the athletes under "Baseball" is still active, and the youngest of the 80-plus singers and musicians is Kanye West (born 1977). Experience continues the historical threads begun in Africa to America , devoting one chapter to the Civil Rights Movement, four to literature and music, and one to sports, and then closing with a section of primary sources. Both of the historical surveys include time lines (the one in Experience ends with Michael Jackson's death in mid-2009, however) and all three feature perfunctory bibliographical essays and scattered, muddy black-and-white photos. The information is accurate enough, but combined with the easy availability of resources that cover similar territory in comparable detail (and often in identical words), the lack of source citations, currency, and even author credits limits the value of these volumes for research. John Peters, formerly at New York Public Library

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Wilson's High School Catalog
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading Level: 10.0
Interest Level: 9-12

At the expense of basic human rights, dignity, and decency, Africans were torn from their native countries and first brought to the United State as slaves. Yet even in the face of the indefensible injustices and hardship they have endured since then, African Americans have been bolstered by the sacrifices, leadership, and determination of courageous individuals. This inspiring volume chronicles the history of African Americansthe triumphs and tragediesfrom origins on the African continent to the end of the Harlem Renaissance.


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