Landmarks of African American HistoryOxford University Press, USA, 24 mars 2005 - 207 pages In Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles and triumphs of African Americans and how they helped shape the rich and varied history of the United States. Horton begins with the first Africans brought to Jamestown, Virginia, and the start of slavery in the colonies that became the United States. Boston's Old State House provides the backdrop to the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, the former slave killed in the Boston Massacre, the confrontation with British troops that led to the American Revolution. After the Civil War, former slaves settled the desolate area of Nicodemus, Kansas, and turned it into a thriving community. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Boston's Old State House illustrate African American contributions to the defense of their country and reveal racial tensions within the military. And the black students who demanded service at Woolworth's racially segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launched the sit-in movement and advanced the fight for civil rights. Horton brings together a wide variety of African American historical sites to tell of the glory and hardship, of the great achievement and determination, of the people and events that have shaped the values, ideals, and dreams of our nation. |
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 8 |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 10 |
PREFACE | 12 |
Slavery and Freedom in British North America | 14 |
Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre | 25 |
Race and Family in Spanish Florida | 37 |
Platform for a Community | 50 |
Dred Scott the Supreme Court and the Struggle for Freedom | 61 |
In Search of a Promised Land | 107 |
A Haven in a Hostile World | 119 |
Harlems Stage of Dreams | 137 |
Race and War in Paradise | 150 |
The Supreme Court and Public Education | 168 |
The Start of the Student Sitin Movement | 181 |
CHRONOLOGY | 193 |
FURTHER READING | 195 |
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abolitionist African American history African Meeting House Anna antislavery Apollo Theater Atlanta attack Auburn Avenue Baptist Church became black community Board of Education Boston British building built Cedar Hill city's civil rights colony Colored Dred Scott Florida forces former slave Frederick Douglass free blacks freedom Fugitive Slave Gilder Lehrman Greensboro Harlem Harpers Ferry Harriet Hawaii Hawaiian Historic District Historic Places Island Jamestown jazz John Brown Kansas Kingsley Plantation labor land Landmarks later leaders lived Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Massachusetts NAACP National Park Service National Register Negro Nicodemus North Old Courthouse Old State House Pearl Harbor political President protest race racial segregation raid Railroad served sit-in slaveholders slavery Society soldiers southern Street struggle Sweet Auburn tion Topeka town troops Tuskegee twentieth century U.S. military U.S. Supreme Court United Virginia Washington William Woolworth York Zephaniah Kingsley