This volume traces the social history of African American men from the days of slavery to the present, focusing on their achievements, their changing image, and their role in American society. The author places the contemporary issue of Black men's disproportionate involvement with criminal justice within its social and historical context, while analyzing the most significant movements aiming to improve the status of Blacks in our society. The book's main thesis is that an ever-changing, yet ever-present, process of criminalization has entrapped Black men throughout history, thus creating a major barrier to their collective development. The topics discussed include the role of Blacks in the Civil War, Booker T. Washington, the Civil Rights movement, and the Million Man March.
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Traces the social history of African American men from the days of slavery to the Million Man March.
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This is an excellent book that presents American history from the perspective of Black men. The author reviews major historical events and examines their impact on the African American male population. The book covers social history and looks at the political economy of the Black male population, and offers new insights in the fields of American history, Black studies and gender studies. Must reading for the serious scholar but also for the person interested in learning more about African American history.
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By the American Revolution of 1776, slavery had existed over a century and a half in the British colonies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
borrowed ground, black male image, national black community, black masculinity, slave patrols, revolutionary woman, black troops, black manhood, black progress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, South Carolina, Marcus Garvey, United States, Oxford University Press, Frederick Douglass, Black Panther Party, Jim Crow, North Carolina, World War, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Baton Rouge, Colin Powell, Louisiana State University Press, American Revolution, Martin Luther King, University of Illinois Press, Million Man March, Nation of Islam, University of Chicago Press, White House, Alexander Crummell, Freedmen's Bureau New!
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By the American Revolution of 1776, slavery had existed over a century and a half in the British colonies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
borrowed ground, black male image, national black community, black masculinity, slave patrols, revolutionary woman, black troops, black manhood, black progress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, South Carolina, Marcus Garvey, United States, Oxford University Press, Frederick Douglass, Black Panther Party, Jim Crow, North Carolina, World War, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Baton Rouge, Colin Powell, Louisiana State University Press, American Revolution, Martin Luther King, University of Illinois Press, Million Man March, Nation of Islam, University of Chicago Press, White House, Alexander Crummell, Freedmen's Bureau New!
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- Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa by John Henrik Clarke on 5 pages
- A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930 (Blacks in the New World) by Kenneth L. Kusmer on 5 pages
- Marcus Garvey, Hero: A First Biography by Tony Martin on 4 pages
- The Black Abolitionist Papers: Vol. I: The British Isles, 1830-1865 by C. Peter (ed.) Ripley on 4 pages
- Before The Mayflower: A History of Black America 1619-1964: The Classic Account of the Struggles and Triumphs of Black Americans by Lerone Bennett Jr. on 4 pages
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- Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities by Johnnetta B. Cole in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Manliness and Its Discontents: The Black Middle Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 (Gender and American Culture) by Martin Summers in Back Matter
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