African Americans in the West
byDouglas Flamming is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
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9781598840032
MLA
Flamming, Douglas. African Americans in the West. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/AFAMWE1E.
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Flamming, Douglas. African Americans in the West. ABC-CLIO, 2009. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/AFAMWE1E
APA
Flamming, D. (2009). African Americans in the West. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/AFAMWE1E
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Based on the latest research, this work provides a new look at the lives of African Americans in the Western United States, from the colonial era to the present.
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"An interpretative rather than an encyclopedic reference, Flamming's (Bound for Freedom) historical guide offers an energetic narrative illuminating the lives of pioneering African Americans, from Colonial-era Afro-Spaniards to African Americans who moved West following the two modern-era Great Migrations. Maps detailing geographical delineations, general migration patterns, and regional ethnic concentrations open the book. The ten subsequent chronologically organized chapters trace the movement of African Americans from Revolutionary-era slavery to freedom through the social upheavals of the 1960s, the nationalist movements of the 1970s, and issues of the contemporary period. A vital companion to William Loren Katz's pictorial history, The Black West." - Library Journal"Part of the outstanding ABC-CLIO 'Cultures in the American West' series, African Americans in the West has as its primary focus an impressive history of African American involvement with western development from 1815 to the present day. . . . African Americans in the West is a seminal contribution to academic and community library African American Studies and American History reference collections, and commended to the attention of non-specialist general readers with an interest in the role of African Americans in the settling of the West." - Midwest Book Review"The story of the African American experience in the Western US, from colonial times to the present, is chronicled in this accessible reference for students in high school and up. The book begins by examining slavery on the moving frontier, and the ways in which the frontier ultimately resulted in the abolition of slavery in America. It continues by examining African American life in the western region as a whole, with material on black cowboys, the rise of the NAACP, the Tulsa race riot, race and organized labor, the era of Black Nationalism, and blacks in Hollywood. The chapter on the African American West since 1980 examines topics including the Rodney King beating, gangsta rap, and suburbanization. The final chapter examines the historiography of the Black West and current issues in multiracial history. A chronology and a glossary are included." - Reference & Research Book News"Recommended." - Library Media Connection"African Americans in the West is the compelling story of the African American experience in the American West. Based on new research, this work expands and updates the scholarship of pioneering historians of the black West (e.g., Loren Katz, Lawrence B. de Graaf, Quintard Taylor), and as such, is destined to become essential reading in the genre. . . . This extensively researched survey of African American in the West is highly recommended for all libraries and levels of readers." - ARBAonline
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Table of Contents
African Americans in the West
Author(s): Flamming, Douglas;Contributors: Flamming, Douglas;Abstract:Based on the latest research, this work provides a new look at the lives of African Americans in the Western United States, from the colonial era to the present.
SortTitle: african americans in the westAuthor Info:Douglas FlammingauthorDouglas Flamming is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
eISBN-13: 9781598840032Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781598840032.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781598840025Entry Code: AFAMWE1EImprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 380Publication Date: 20090622Series: Cultures in the American West- Cover Cover11
- Contents vii8
- Series Introduction xi12
- Preface xv16
- Maps xix20
- 1 The African American West: Getting Started 126
- 2 Frontiers of Slavery and Freedom, 1815–1865 2146
- Slavery on the Early Frontier 2449
- The Community Impulse 2954
- Black Individualism 3156
- Texas and Slavery 3459
- Indian Territory and Slavery 3661
- The Mexican War 3964
- The California Gold Rush 4166
- The Slavery Cases and Colored Conventions 4469
- Beyond the West of Bondage? 5075
- The West and the Civil War 5176
- Conclusion 5378
- Bibliographic Essay 5479
- 3 Trailblazers in the New West, 1866–1890 5782
- 4 Seeking Freedom in the West, 1890–1920 91116
- A Different Kind of Black Experience 92117
- The South in Crisis 94119
- The "Talented Tenth" Migration 98123
- The Great Migration 102127
- No Rush Westward 105130
- Community Life in the Black West 107132
- The Afro-American Council 111136
- The Colored Women's Clubs 112137
- The Rise of the NAACP 114139
- World War I 118143
- Bibliographic Essay 123148
- 5 Between the World Wars, 1920–1940 127152
- 6 World War II and the Great Transformation 159184
- 7 The Era of Racial Liberalism, 1945–1965 191216
- 8 The Era of Black Nationalism, 1965–1980 227252
- The Black West as Trendsetter 230255
- Rebellion in Watts 230255
- The Aftermath 233258
- "Black Power!" 235260
- Karenga and Kwanzaa 238263
- The Black Panthers 242267
- Angela Davis and Che-Lumumba 248273
- Civil Rights in the West (continued . . .) 254279
- The Electoral Arena 255280
- The 1968 Olympic Games 259284
- Blacks and Hollywood 262287
- Conclusion 265290
- Bibliographic Essay 266291
- 9 The African American West since 1980: Decline and Success 269294
- 10 Historiography and Current Issues 303328
- Chronology 317342
- Glossary 329354
- Selected Bibliography 335360
- Index 341366
- About the Author 353378