This text seeks to broaden your knowledge and appreciation of the contributions of a group that has been either ignored or marginalized in traditional historical narratives. You will learn more about the people, sociopolitical forces and the places that have defined the African American presence in this country.
The history that this text will tell will start where all good histories do – at the beginning. For a study of African Americans, that beginning had its start in Africa. Indeed, there would be no African-Americans without Africa. From there, the story will weave a complex tapestry of historic events knit together by the delicate threads of time, circumstance and active human agents that together present a hauntingly intricate account of a group that has been integral to the very existence of the nation.
A Long Time Coming is not the most definitive or exhaustive text you will read on African American History, but it is perhaps one of the most engaging and interactive texts you will encounter in the digital space. Embrace the “a-ha” moments you are sure to encounter and thank you for the time you will invest in learning more about African American history as you read this text.
Chapter 1 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience In Africa Before 1500
Chapter 2 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience. The Middle Passage: The Maafa (A Terrible Occurrence)
Chapter 3 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience The Racialization of Slavery
Chapter 4 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience Give Me Liberty! African Americans During the Era of Revolution 1740-1783
Chapter 5 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience "Saucy and Bold"- Black Ameicans in the Earl National Period -1783-1820
Chapter 6 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience "That Peculiar Institution": Antebellum Slavery in America 1800-1860
Chapter 7 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience The Limits of "Freedom" -Life for African Americans in the Antebellum North 1800-1860
Chapter 8 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: Resist! Resist! Resist! Chalenges to Slavery: From Slave Revolts to Abolitionism
Chapter 9 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: The Storm Before the Hurricane: The Deepening Crisis Over Slavery
Chapter 10 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: African Americans and the Civil War
Chapter 11 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: Making the World New Again: The Unfinished Business of America's Reconstruction
Chapter 12 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: Restoration and Redemption: Reconstruction's Repeal and The Advent of The Jim Crow Era 1877 to 1915
Chapter 13 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: From Great Migrations Through The Great Depression: The African American Experience From 1915 to 1940
Chapter 14 |A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: Victory Abroad and Victory At Home- African Americans In The World War II and Early Civil Rights Years
Chapter 15 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: The Fight For Freedom- The American Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
Chapter 16 | A Comprehensive Survey of The African American Experience: We've Come This Far- Still A Long Way To Go 1968 to 2020