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    To make our world anew : a history of African Americans / edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis.

    • Title:To make our world anew : a history of African Americans / edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Kelley, Robin D. G.
      Lewis, Earl.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:African Americans--History.
    • Description:xviii, 670 pages.
    • Summary:"To Make Our World Anew reconstructs U.S. history through the experiences and struggles of black Americans. Written by a team of historians, this volume offers a view of black life, with first-person accounts that invite readers to view the past through the eyes of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0195139453
    • Contents:Ch. 1. The First Passage: 1502-1619 / Colin A. Palmer
      Ch. 2. Strange New Land: 1619-1776 / Peter H. Wood
      Ch. 3. Revolutionary Citizens: 1776-1804 / Daniel C. Littlefield
      Ch. 4. Let My People Go: 1804-1860 / Deborah Gray White
      Ch. 5. Breaking the Chains: 1860-1880 / Noralee Frankel
      Ch. 6. Though Justice Sleeps: 1880-1900 / Barbara Bair
      Art Essay: What is Africa to Me?
      Ch. 7. A Chance to Make Good: 1900-1929 / James R. Grossman
      Ch. 8. From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929-1945 / Joe William Trotter, Jr.
      Ch. 9. We Changed the World: 1945-1970 / Vincent Harding, Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis
      Ch. 10. Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present / Robin D. G. Kelley.
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