African Americans in the West

African Americans in the West

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flamming, Douglas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009
Edition:1st ed
Series:Cultures in the American West Series
Subjects:
African American pioneers > West (U.S.) > History
African Americans > West (U.S.) > Biography
African Americans > West (U.S.) > History
African Americans > West (U.S.) > Social conditions
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Biography
West (U.S.) > History
West (U.S.) > Social conditions
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Series Introduction
  • Preface
  • Maps
  • 1 The African American West: Getting Started
  • Defining the West
  • Why Study the West?
  • Americans of African Descent
  • About This Book
  • 2 Frontiers of Slavery and Freedom, 1815-1865
  • Slavery on the Early Frontier
  • The Community Impulse
  • Black Individualism
  • Texas and Slavery
  • Indian Territory and Slavery
  • The Mexican War
  • The California Gold Rush
  • The Slavery Cases and Colored Conventions
  • Beyond the West of Bondage?
  • The West and the Civil War
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 3 Trailblazers in the New West, 1866-1890
  • The Cowboys
  • Soldiering West
  • To Kansas!
  • Oklahoma
  • The Black Towns
  • The Rise of the Urban West
  • Building "Community
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 4 Seeking Freedom in the West, 1890-1920
  • A Different Kind of Black Experience
  • The South in Crisis
  • The "Talented Tenth" Migration
  • The Great Migration
  • No Rush Westward
  • Community Life in the Black West
  • The Afro-American Council
  • The Colored Women's Clubs
  • The Rise of the NAACP
  • World War I
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 5 Between the World Wars, 1920-1940
  • The Tulsa Race Riot
  • The Second Ku Klux Klan
  • Garveyism out West
  • The New Negro Renaissance
  • The NAACP Convention of 1928
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 6 World War II and the Great Transformation
  • The Defense Economy
  • The Second Great Migration
  • The Role of the Federal Government
  • Race and Organized Labor
  • The Port Chicago Disaster
  • The Housing Crisis
  • Liberty Ships
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 7 The Era of Racial Liberalism, 1945-1965
  • An Even Greater Migration
  • The Housing Crises
  • Fighting for Civil Rights
  • Direct-Action Protests
  • Direct Action in the West
  • Sports and Entertainment
  • The Political Arena
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 8 The Era of Black Nationalism, 1965-1980
  • The Black West as Trendsetter
  • Rebellion in Watts
  • The Aftermath
  • Black Power!
  • Karenga and Kwanzaa
  • The Black Panthers
  • Angela Davis and Che-Lumumba
  • Civil Rights in the West (continued . . .)
  • The Electoral Arena
  • The 1968 Olympic Games
  • Blacks and Hollywood
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 9 The African American West since 1980: Decline and Success
  • The Urban Crisis
  • The Rodney King Beating
  • The L.A. Riot
  • Gangsta Rap
  • Willie Brown: Political Star
  • Sports as the Great Equalizer?
  • Suburbanization
  • Leaving the West
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • 10 Historiography and Current Issues
  • The Historiography of the Black West
  • A New Wave of Multiracial History?
  • A "Minority Majority"?
  • Chronology
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • G
  • H
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
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  • P
  • R
  • S
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  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • About the Author

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