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HTML:The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is the companion book to the six-part, six-hour documentary of the same name. The series is the first to air since 1968 that chronicles the full sweep of 500 years of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent and the arrival of the first black conquistador, Juan Garrido, in Florida in 1513, through five centuries of remarkable historic events right up to Barack Obamaâ??s second term as president, when the United States still remains deeply divided by race and class. The book explores these topics in even more detail than possible in the television series, and examines many other fascinating matters as well, guiding readers on an engaging journey through the Black Atlantic worldâ??from Africa and Europe to the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United Statesâ??to shed new light on what it has meant, and means, to be an African American. By highlighting the complex internal debates and class differences within the black experience in this country, readers will learn that the African American community, which black abolitionist Martin R. Delany described as a "nation within a nation," has never been a truly uniform entity, and that its members have been debating their differences of opinion and belief from their very first days in this country. The road to freedom for black people in America has not been linear; rather, much like the course of a river, it has been full of loops and eddies, slowing and occasionally reversing current. Ultimately, this book emphasizes the idea that African American history encompasses multiple continents and venues, and must be viewed through a transnational perspective to be fully un Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Co-authors Henry Louis Gates Jr and Donald Yacavone give a fascinating and detailed overview of this long, tumultuous, tragic, and very important part of American history. With the use of both secondary and primary sources such as newspapers, letters, and journals, it tells the stories both of black communal history and that of individuals in their own voices, many well-known, but many lost to history until now. It discusses the horrors of slavery, the injustices of Jim Crow, and the terrible rise of the KKK and the spread of lynchings not only throughout the south but in the north right up until the middle of the 20th century. It also discusses the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, the signing of the Civil Rights Act, and finally the election of the first black President. It avoids apportioning blame or creating victims but it never flinches from the worst of the abuses of discrimination and its devastating effects not only in the past but in the present. It makes it clear that the United State’s unprecedented level of affluence was achieved to a very great extent at the expense and on the backs of black people. It shows how poorly African Americans have been portrayed in American culture in the past but it also shows how much African Americans have influenced and contributed to American culture from music to dance to literature as well as in the sciences.
It also contains dozens of beautiful illustrations both in black and white and in colour. As well, there is a list of resources for anyone who would like to learn more about African American history. It is a great complement to the documentary but it is also a great read on its own and it is history that needs to be read. That the authors have made it so readable and so accessible is also a real bonus.
The history of black people in America is not an easy one. It is a history of sorrow and tragedy but also of struggle and achievement, of terrible injustices and great heroes, and of a slow march to freedom that has taken centuries and, as this book shows clearly, there are still more rivers to cross before it’s over. Obviously, a history that covers so much cannot be contained in one book. However, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross does a marvelous job of presenting an overview of one of the most important parts of American history, one that has too long been ignored. It is well-documented, well-researched and well-written. It is also presented in a clear and cogent manner and, unlike many history texts, it avoids the pedantic and the dry. It makes the history come to life and gives it a voice we all should hear. ( )