African American and Africana Studies

This reference work chronicles the campaign to end human slavery in the United States, bringing to life the key events, leading figures, and socioeconomic forces in the history of American antislavery, abolition, and emancipation.

Explores the many ways Africa and African peoples have shaped the cultural life of the Americas, and how, in turn, life in the Americas reverberates in Africa.

Presents a state-by-state history of African Americans in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Provides brief biographical sketches of African Americans who were elected to Congress during the Reconstruction. Also, includes excerpts from documents illuminating their activities in Congress.

This work takes readers on an insightful journey through the life experiences of African Americans over the centuries, capturing African American experiences, challenges, accomplishments, and daily lives, often in their own words.

Documents African American culture and political activism from the slavery era through the 20th century.

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America is a comprehensive, alphabetically-organized reference source on the human rights and civil liberties that are legally recognized in the United States. The 677 entries address civil rights issues from a variety of perspectives, such as race, gender, age, medical status or conditions, physical and mental challenges, group membership, religion, and many others.

Provides an authoritative source for information on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries.

Illuminates daily life in slave society in America from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Provides information on the business and regulation of slavery, the plantation way of life, work, family and community, culture and leisure, health and medicine, religion, resistance and rebellion, and slavery and freedom in the North.

Provides brief biographical sketches of African Americans who were elected to Congress during the Reconstruction. Also, includes excerpts from documents illuminating their activities in Congress.

BlackPast is dedicated to providing reliable information on the history of Black people across the globe, and especially in North America. Our goal is to promote greater understanding of our common human experience through knowledge of the diversity of the Black experience and the ubiquity of the global Black presence.

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