African American have lived in Texas for more than four hundred
years--longer than in any other region of the United States.
Beginning with the arrival of the first African American in 1528,
Alwyn Barr, in "Black Texans, "examines the African American
experience in Texas during the periods of exploration and
colonization, slavery, Reconstruction, the struggle to retain the
freedoms gained, the twentieth-century urban experience, and the
modern civil rights movement. Barr discusses each period of
African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal
status; labor and economic status; education; and social life.
"Black Texans" includes the history of the buffalo soldiers and
the cowboys on Texas cattle drives, along with the achievements of
notable African-American individuals in Texas history, from the
Estevan the explorer through legislator Norris Wright Cuney and
boxer Jack Johnson to state senator Barbara Jordan. Barr carries
the story up to the present day in this second edition, which
includes a new preface a new chapter on the years 1970-95, and a
revised index.
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