To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880 by Robin D.G. Kelley


To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880
Title : To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880
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ISBN : 0195181352
ISBN-10 : 9780195181357
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 400
Publication : First published March 22, 2005

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers witness the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s and finally, the emergence of today's black middle class. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it.

To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880 Reviews

  • Weckea

    I read both volumes back-to-back across a month and a half. I'm impressed with how it's written to be accessible to all audiences and readers. If there is one criticism, given the many details and specific histories of many incidents and lived expereinces of black people in America, of the examples chosen to make certain points and explore some themes, perhaps the edits should have allowed the authors to explore a wide range of lesser known upheavals, barriers, and gains.

  • Natasha

    Love

    Got this book for my class, this book was so good and very informative and I now understand more why some people act the way they act this book shows blacks are still being treated like second hand citizens.

  • Kate

    The information provided by the multiple authors felt a little forced. I saw redundancies throughout the text and little emotion behind the written word. Lots of names, dates, locations, and organizational acronyms with little heart and soul behind it.

  • Elizabeth

    you've got to be fkn kidding me.
    what i learned from this book.
    how long do you have, christ.

  • Gwen

    Reading it for school but very interesting and well written.