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Afro-Americans

harvard encyclopedia of american ethnic groupsCambridge, Mass. • Published In 1980 • Pages: 5-23

By: Holt, Thomas C..

Abstract
This source provides an excellent summary of Afro-American culture and society in the United States from the earliest settlement of Africans in North America in 1619, when a Dutch ship sold 20 Blacks as slaves to the English colonists in Jamestown, to about 1980. Primary topics of discussion in this work deal with the Black African heritage, the period of slavery, the emancipation and post-emancipation periods (including specific information on the development of the Black church, internal migrations, and the Afro-American literary renaissance), the second reconstruction (covering various aspects of race relations, discrimination, the development of Black nationalism and the civil rights movement), and finally, a section dealing with Black achievement in the last half of the 20th century.
Subjects
Slavery
Acculturation and culture contact
Political movements
Education system
Literature
Sociocultural trends
Citizenship
Cultural identity and pride
culture
African Americans
HRAF PubDate
2019
Region
North America
Sub Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Historian
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1986
Field Date
no date
Notes
Thomas C. Holt
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
80017756
LCSH
African Americans