African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States
Explore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History!

The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against the systemic cruelty and oppression were often brutally killed for their efforts. This has created a rich tapestry of defiant and courageous leaders and followers who have gradually pressed for the evolution of thought within the United States of America.

Discover personal stories, struggles and achievements of people like:
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Malcolm X
  • Rosa Parks
  • Frederick Douglass
  • And many more
  • Some of the topics covered in this book include:
  • The First Africans in America
  • How Slaves Were Viewed
  • African Americans' Contribution to Literature, Art, and Music
  • The Fight for Independence
  • Fugitive Slave Laws
  • The Gabriel Prosser Revolt
  • The Denmark Vesey Revolt
  • The Beginning of the End of Slavery
  • The Rallying Movements and Moments, and the Civil War
  • Continued Oppression in Freedom and the Early Struggles for Equality
  • Exodus from the South and the Fight for Education within the South
  • African Americans Begin to Stand Together
  • Founding of Something New Through Pain and Self-Expression
  • Integration and the Civil Rights Movement
  • Those Who Fought for Their Inalienable Rights in a Country That Would Deny Them
  • And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on!
  • Get the book now and learn more about African American History!
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    African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States
    Explore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History!

    The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against the systemic cruelty and oppression were often brutally killed for their efforts. This has created a rich tapestry of defiant and courageous leaders and followers who have gradually pressed for the evolution of thought within the United States of America.

    Discover personal stories, struggles and achievements of people like:
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Malcolm X
  • Rosa Parks
  • Frederick Douglass
  • And many more
  • Some of the topics covered in this book include:
  • The First Africans in America
  • How Slaves Were Viewed
  • African Americans' Contribution to Literature, Art, and Music
  • The Fight for Independence
  • Fugitive Slave Laws
  • The Gabriel Prosser Revolt
  • The Denmark Vesey Revolt
  • The Beginning of the End of Slavery
  • The Rallying Movements and Moments, and the Civil War
  • Continued Oppression in Freedom and the Early Struggles for Equality
  • Exodus from the South and the Fight for Education within the South
  • African Americans Begin to Stand Together
  • Founding of Something New Through Pain and Self-Expression
  • Integration and the Civil Rights Movement
  • Those Who Fought for Their Inalienable Rights in a Country That Would Deny Them
  • And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on!
  • Get the book now and learn more about African American History!
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    Explore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History!

    The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against the systemic cruelty and oppression were often brutally killed for their efforts. This has created a rich tapestry of defiant and courageous leaders and followers who have gradually pressed for the evolution of thought within the United States of America.

    Discover personal stories, struggles and achievements of people like:
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Malcolm X
  • Rosa Parks
  • Frederick Douglass
  • And many more
  • Some of the topics covered in this book include:
  • The First Africans in America
  • How Slaves Were Viewed
  • African Americans' Contribution to Literature, Art, and Music
  • The Fight for Independence
  • Fugitive Slave Laws
  • The Gabriel Prosser Revolt
  • The Denmark Vesey Revolt
  • The Beginning of the End of Slavery
  • The Rallying Movements and Moments, and the Civil War
  • Continued Oppression in Freedom and the Early Struggles for Equality
  • Exodus from the South and the Fight for Education within the South
  • African Americans Begin to Stand Together
  • Founding of Something New Through Pain and Self-Expression
  • Integration and the Civil Rights Movement
  • Those Who Fought for Their Inalienable Rights in a Country That Would Deny Them
  • And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on!
  • Get the book now and learn more about African American History!

    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781979912143
    Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
    Publication date: 11/20/2017
    Series: U.S. History
    Pages: 126
    Sales rank: 646,479
    Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

    Table of Contents

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    PART 1: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THROUGH THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER 1 – THE FIRST AFRICANS IN AMERICA

    THE FIRST AFRICAN SLAVES ON THE MAINLAND

    THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ARRIVAL

    THE TRIANGLE TRADE

    A COMPLEX VIEW ON AFRICANS

    EARLY DIVISION IN HOW SLAVES WERE VIEWED

    CHAPTER 2 – AFRICAN AMERICANS’ CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC

    CHAPTER 3 – INDEPENDENCE, SLAVERY, ABOLITION, AND THE COMPROMISE

    FLORIDA – LAND OF THE FREE

    THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE

    Crispus Attucks

    Fighting for the British

    STRONG WORDS, TEPID ACTIONS

    BREAKING DOWN OF THE COMPROMISE

    Cotton Gin

    Banning of Further Slave Shipments

    CHAPTER 4 – FUGITIVE LAWS AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF REBELLION

    FUGITIVE SLAVE LAWS

    1800 GABRIEL PROSSER REVOLT

    1822 – DENMARK VESEY REVOLT

    1831 – NAT TURNER

    1839 – AMISTAD

    1856 – JOHN BROWN

    CHAPTER 5 – THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SLAVERY

    1820 – MISSOURI COMPROMISE

    1846 – WILMOT PROVISO

    1854 – KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

    FREDERICK DOUGLASS

    HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

    CHAPTER 6 – THE RALLYING MOVEMENTS AND MOMENTS, AND THE CIVIL WAR

    HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

    Founding of the Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tubman’s Early Life and Involvement With the Underground Railroad

    DRED SCOTT

    LINCOLN’S COMPROMISE

    BEGINNING OF THE WAR AND THE DECLARATION OF EMANCIPATION

    TEXAS SLAVES, POST-CIVIL WAR

    13TH AMENDMENT

    THE CORWIN AMENDMENT

    CONCLUSION

    PART 2: RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER 7 – CONTINUED OPPRESSION IN FREEDOM AND THE EARLY STRUGGLES FOR EQUALITY

    CHAPTER 8 – EXODUS FROM THE SOUTH AND THE FIGHT FOR EDUCATION WITHIN THE SOUTH

    CHAPTER 9 – AFRICAN AMERICANS BEGIN TO STAND TOGETHER

    CHAPTER 10 – FOUNDING OF SOMETHING NEW THROUGH PAIN AND SELF-EXPRESSION

    THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE – EXPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN

    EXPERIENCE

    LANGSTON HUGHES

    ZORA NEALE HURSTON

    THE DRAW AND BEAUTY OF JAZZ

    GINGER SMOCK – A FEMALE STAR IN A MASCULINE INDUSTRY

    LOUIS ARMSTRONG – THE FACE AND SOUND OF JAZZ

    ELLA FITZGERALD

    JACKIE ROBINSON

    CHAPTER 11 – INTEGRATION AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

    AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY

    BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA KANSAS

    RISE AND STRENGTH OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

    MARCH ON WASHINGTON

    CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

    THE SELMA MARCH AND BLOODY SUNDAY

    VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965

    CHAPTER 12 – THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR INALIENABLE RIGHTS IN A COUNTRY THAT WOULD DENY THEM

    THE COURAGE OF ROSA PARKS

    THE DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING

    THE TRIALS AND CHANGE OF HEART OF MALCOLM X

    THE CALM DIGNITY OF DOROTHY HEIGHT

    THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL

    THE PEACEFUL PERSEVERANCE OF REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS

    CONCLUSION

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