As many as one in six Union navy sailors was African American, many of them former slaves. This richly detailed history shows that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the U.S. Navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to win recognition for African Americans as full citizens.
African Americans joined the U.S. Navy from the first days of the war and soon demonstrated to a skeptical Northern population that they would fight for their freedom. Faced with the hazards of battle, African American sailors performed with great heroism, and several earned the nation's highest military tribute, the Medal of Honor. Their service in the navy paved the way for their wider employment in the U.S. Army.
Despite the lack of official records on the subject, Ramold has combed through mountains of memoirs, court documents, pension reports, and other sources to discover the true magnitude of African Americans' contribution to the naval effort. The book presents a vivid description of the lives of these sailors from enlistment to discharge, telling the story as much as possible in the words of the sailors themselves. A dozen rare photographs illustrate the range of African American service.
Ramold demonstrates that the navy, from necessity and from tradition, treated African Americans in its ranks far more equitably than did the army or any other public institution in antebellum America. Decades later, black sailors would be consigned to work in the mess hall, but in the Civil War era they fought side by side with white sailors, were treated equally in courts-martial, and received the same pay and benefits. Slaves, Sailors, Citizens allows us to rediscover these largely forgotten heroes, whose story can now take its rightful place in the history of the war and in the struggle of slaves and free blacks to become citizens.
Автор: John Wharton Lowe Название: Black Hibiscus: African Americans and the Florida Imaginary ISBN: 1496848594 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496848598 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 13794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Contributions by Simone A. Alexander, José Felipe Alvergue, Valerie Babb, Pamela Bordelon, Taylor Hagood, Joyce Marie Jackson, Delia Malia Konzett, Jane Landers, John Wharton Lowe, Gary Monroe, Noelle Morrissette, Paul Ortiz, Lyrae Van Clef-Stefanon, Genevieve West, and Belinda Wheeler
The state of Florida has a rich literary and cultural history, which has been greatly shaped by many different ethnicities, races, and cultures that call the Sunshine State home. Little attention has been paid, however, to the key role of African Americans in Floridian history and culture. The state’s early population boom came from immigrants from the US South, and many of them were African Americans. Interaction between the state’s ethnic communities has created a unique and vibrant culture, which has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on southern, national, and hemispheric life and history.
Black Hibiscus: African Americans and the Florida Imaginary begins by exploring Florida’s colonial past, focusing particularly on interactions between maroons who escaped enslavement, and on Albery Whitman’s The Rape of Florida, which also links Black people and Native Americans. Contributors consider film, folklore, and music, as well as such key Black writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Gwendolyn Bennett, Colson Whitehead, and Edwidge Danticat. The volume features Black Floridians’ role in the civil rights movement and Black contributions to the celebrated Florida Writers’ Project. Contributors include literary scholars, historians, film critics, art historians, anthropologists, musicologists, political scientists, artists, and poets.
Описание: Reaching from the Spanish era to the valley`s emergence as a center of the high-tech industry, this is the first comprehensive history of the African American experience in the Santa Clara Valley.
Описание: This book takes readers through W.E.B. DuBois` groundbreaking exhibit about African Americans at the 1900 World`s Fair in Paris. With more than 200 black-and-white images, Provenzo explores the diverse lives of African Americans, from challenges to accomplishments.
Описание: In this transnational account of black protest, Nicholas Grant examines how African Americans engaged with, supported, and were inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement. Bringing black activism into conversation with the foreign policy of both the U.S. and South African governments, this study questions the dominant perception that U.S.-centered anticommunism decimated black international activism. Instead, by tracing the considerable amount of time, money, and effort the state invested into responding to black international criticism, Grant outlines the extent to which the U.S. and South African governments were forced to reshape and occasionally reconsider their racial policies in the Cold War world. This study shows how African Americans and black South Africans navigated transnationally organized state repression in ways that challenged white supremacy on both sides of the Atlantic. The political and cultural ties that they forged during the 1940s and 1950s are testament to the insistence of black activists in both countries that the struggle against apartheid and Jim Crow were intimately interconnected.
Описание: A new wave of research in black classicism has emerged in the 21st century that explores the role played by the classics in the larger cultural traditions of black America, Africa and the Caribbean. Addressing a gap in this scholarship, Margaret Malamud investigates why and how advocates for abolition and black civil rights (both black and white) deployed their knowledge of classical literature and history in their struggle for black liberty and equality in the United States. African Americans boldly staked their own claims to the classical world: they deployed texts, ideas and images of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt in order to establish their authority in debates about slavery, race, politics and education. A central argument of this book is that knowledge and deployment of Classics was a powerful weapon and tool for resistance-as improbable as that might seem now-when wielded by black and white activists committed to the abolition of slavery and the end of the social and economic oppression of free blacks. The book significantly expands our understanding of both black history and classical reception in the United States.
Описание: Published in Boston in 1833, Lydia Maria Child’s An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans provided the abolitionist movement with its first full-scale analysis of race and enslavement. Controversial in its own time, the Appeal surveyed the institution of slavery from historical, political, economic, legal, racial, and moral perspectives and advocated for the immediate emancipation of the enslaved without compensation to their enslavers. By placing American slavery in historical context and demonstrating how slavery impacted—and implicated—Americans of all regions and races, the Appeal became a central text for the abolitionist movement that continues to resonate in the present day.
This revised and updated edition is enhanced by Carolyn L. Karcher’s illuminating introduction, a chronology of Child’s life, and a list of books for further reading.
Автор: Joah Spearman, Louis Harrison Название: Real Role Models: Successful African Americans Beyond Pop Culture ISBN: 0292718322 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292718326 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 2744.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
All young people need good role models, and black youth especially need positive and real examples beyond the famous and wealthy people they see on SportsCenter highlights and MTV Cribs. While success as a celebrity athlete or entertainer may seem like an achievable dream, the reality is that young African Americans have a much greater chance of succeeding in the professions through education and hard work—and a mentor to show them the path. Real Role Models introduces high school and college-age African Americans to twenty-three black professionals who have achieved a high level of success in their chosen fields and who tell their stories to inspire young people to pursue a professional career and do the work necessary to achieve their dreams.
Some of the individuals profiled by Joah Spearman and Louis Harrison, Jr., include Leonard Pitts, Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the Miami Herald; Melody Barnes, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Danyel Smith, editor-in-chief of Vibe; and Dr. Tim George, Chief of Pediatric Neuroscience at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas. They and other interviewees describe their backgrounds, career paths, and desire to give back by helping others reach their goals. Representing a wide range of occupations, these real role models prove to African American youths that a whole world of successful, rewarding careers awaits them.
The Real Role Models
Rufus Cormier, JD, Partner at the Baker Botts Law Firm, Houston, Texas
Melody Barnes, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Washington, D.C.
Eric Motley, PhD, Managing Director of the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program, Aspen, Colorado
James McIntyre, Spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C.
Tracie Hall, Assistant Dean and Librarian at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, Surgeon General of the State of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan
Timothy George, MD, Chief of Pediatric Neuroscience at Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Victoria Holloway Barbosa, MD, Ethnic Dermatologist and Former Executive for L'Oreal, Chicago, Illinois
Bill Douglas, White House Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, Washington, D.C.
Leonard Pitts, Jr., Columnist for the Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
Danyel Smith, Editor of Vibe Magazine, New York, New York
Ed Stewart, Managing Director of External Communications for Delta Airlines, Atlanta, Georgia
Lynn Tyson, Vice President of Investor Relations for Dell, Austin, Texas
Willie Miles, Jr., Founder and CEO of Miles Wealth Management, Houston, Texas
Horace Allen, Founder and CEO of TeamPact, Atlanta, Georgia
Deavra Daughtry, President and CEO of Excellent Care Management, Houston, Texas
Je'Caryous Johnson, Founder and CEO of I'm Ready Productions, Houston, Texas
Steve Jones, Cofounder of a graphic design company, Oakland, California
Isiah Warner, PhD, Chemistry Professor at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Gloria Ladson-Billings, PhD, Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Bernard Muir, Athletic Director at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Craig Littlepage, Athletic Director at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Beverly Kearney, Women's Track Coach at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Автор: Mba Mbulu, Mbulu Название: Playing Black Cheap ISBN: 1982965428 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781982965426 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Eric Waltenburg, Rosalee Clawson Название: Legacy and Legitimacy: Black Americans and the Supreme Court ISBN: 1592139035 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781592139033 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first comprehensive examination of Black Americans
Автор: Sailes, Gary A. Название: African Americans in Sports ISBN: 0765804409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780765804402 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Maria Stewart is believed by many to have been the first American woman of any race to give public political speeches. In Word, Like Fire, Valerie C. Cooper argues that the religious, political, and social threads of Maria Stewart's thought are tightly interwoven, such that focusing narrowly on any one aspect would be to misunderstand her rhetoric. Cooper demonstrates how a certain kind of biblical interpretation can be a Rosetta Stone for understanding various areas of African American life and thought that still resonate today.
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