"Provides a history of the decades of povery, oppression, and terror African Americans suffered under the system of segregation in the United States, from the end of the Recontruction era through the early decades of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
"Traces the history of Reconstruction, from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877, when federal troops were removed from the South"--Provided by publisher.
"Covers the struggle by African Americans to gain their civil rights, from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 through the turbulent Sixties"--Provided by publisher.
Provides a history of the roots of African-American culture, going back to the period of the transatlantic slave trade and earlier. Much of the history is told through reminiscences of slaves or former slaves in their 'narratives'".
"Explores the period between 1929 and 1954 in African-American history, when the "New Negro" emerged, proud of his or her racial heritage and determined to topple the barriers to black advancement"--Provided by publisher.
"Covers a period of great creativity in the African-American community, when art, literature, music, and political commentary flourished; centered in Harlem, the era reached its peak in the 1920s and early 1930s"--Provided by publisher.