Compelling and enlightening, this collection of primary source documents allows twenty-first century students to 'direct dial' key figures in African-American history. It includes concise and perceptive commentary along with engaging suggestions for discussion and project work.

• Examines key themes from multiple perspectives
• Features a diverse range of voices that cut across class and political affiliations as well as across regions and generations
• Chronological and thematic coverage from emancipation to the current day
• Primary source documents include everything from letters and speeches to photographs, rap lyrics and newspaper reports
• Incorporates recent as well as traditional historical interpretations
• Classroom-ready text which includes keynotes on documents, differentiated material and engaging discussion questions

About the Author

Leslie Brown is Associate Professor of History at Williams College. An award-winning author and editor, her books include Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South (2008), which won the Organization of American Historians' 2009 Frederick Jackson Turner Award. Brown also co-edited Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South (2010), which was awarded the 2011 Oral History Association Book Award.

Book Information
ISBN 9781444339413
Author Leslie Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 445g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 154mm * 17mm