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Hard Road to Freedom is an extraordinary contribution to the literature on the African American experience. The Hortons most assuredly will be compared to such influential writers on the subject as John Hope Franklin and C. Eric Lincoln. This academic yet readable work highlights the contributions and struggles of black people in the U.S. from their arrival from Africa to the new social order of the multicultural twenty-first century. The Hortons detail the Atlantic slave trade, slavery in British North America, and slavery during the age of revolution, the early republic, and the rise of cotton. Other topics include the fight against slavery, militancy and civil war, and Reconstruction and Jim Crow. The twentieth-century political and popular issues facing African Americans discussed here include populism, industrial union, the Harlem Renaissance, postwar civil rights, civil rights and black power, and conservatism and race in multicultural America. The book ends optimistically: "blacks will continue the struggle along the hard road to freedom, justice, and equality," a point that the Hortons have proved with their careful discussion, telling illustrations, and exhaustive research. Lillian Lewis
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"A useful and readable record of the African-American experience." -- Kirkus Reviews
"An up-to-date survey of African American history with its contributions to the growth and development of the U.S. . . ." -- Kliatt
"Should be required reading for those who know little of the place African Americans hold in the U.S. . . . Recommended." -- Choice
"This well-researched . . . volume traces black history from slavery through the social upheavals at the close of the twentieth century." -- Boston Herald
"[The Hortons] chronicle the history of black America-the beginnings of American slavery . . . on up to the new millennium." -- The New York Times
A discerning view of great moments in African American history. -- Essence
"An up-to-date survey of African American history with its contributions to the growth and development of the U.S. . . ." -- Kliatt
"Should be required reading for those who know little of the place African Americans hold in the U.S. . . . Recommended." -- Choice
"This well-researched . . . volume traces black history from slavery through the social upheavals at the close of the twentieth century." -- Boston Herald
"[The Hortons] chronicle the history of black America-the beginnings of American slavery . . . on up to the new millennium." -- The New York Times
A discerning view of great moments in African American history. -- Essence
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This review is from: Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America: Volume 2: From the Civil War to the Millennium (Paperback)
I read a lot of late 19th century literature and this one volume history of the post-Civil War African American experience is a wonderfully accessible and concise review of this period.
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By the 1847 national black convention, debates were more pessimistic, more militant, and even more bellicose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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African Americans, New York, United States, Martin Luther King, South Carolina, World War, Civil War, Jim Crow, White House, North Carolina, Abraham Lincoln, Library of Congress, Democratic Party, New Orleans, Republican Party, Frederick Douglass, John Hope, United Nations, Deep South, Industrial Unions, Politics of Race, The Postwar Civil Rights Movement, Tilden Foundations, Father Divine, John Brown New!
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By the 1847 national black convention, debates were more pessimistic, more militant, and even more bellicose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hard road, black troops Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, New York, United States, Martin Luther King, South Carolina, World War, Civil War, Jim Crow, White House, North Carolina, Abraham Lincoln, Library of Congress, Democratic Party, New Orleans, Republican Party, Frederick Douglass, John Hope, United Nations, Deep South, Industrial Unions, Politics of Race, The Postwar Civil Rights Movement, Tilden Foundations, Father Divine, John Brown New!
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- From Slavery Freedom--Volume Two by John Hope Franklin on 6 pages
- Eyewitness: The Negro in American History by William Loren Katz on 5 pages
- The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II by William H. Chafe on 5 pages
- Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow by Jacqueline Jones on 4 pages
- Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Lift Ev'ry Voice: 1830-1860 [Sourcebook 3] (Making Freedom: African Americans in U.S. History) by Primary Source Inc. on 4 pages
- The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West by Joel Achenbach in Back Matter
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives by Spencer Crew in Back Matter
- Natives and Strangers: A Multicultural History of Americans by Leonard Dinnerstein in Back Matter
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