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This book examines the historiography of the African American
freedom struggle from the 1890s to the present. It considers how,
and why, the study of African American history developed from being
a marginalized subject in American universities and colleges at the
start of the twentieth century to become one of the most
extensively researched fields in American history today. There is
analysis of the changing scholarly interpretations of African
American leaders from Booker T. Washington through to Barack Obama.
The impact and significance of the leading civil rights
organizations are assessed, as well as the white segregationists
who opposed them and the civil rights policies of presidential
administrations from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump. The civil
rights struggle is also discussed in the context of wider,
political, social and economic changes in the United States and
developments in popular culture. -- .
African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions, black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day Hip Hop and Rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music. He also looks at how Hollywood and the entertainment industry have encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans.
African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions, black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day Hip Hop and Rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music. He also looks at how Hollywood and the entertainment industry have encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans.
The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a
seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals
and other progressives framed the election through the prism of
change, while previously acknowledged demographic changes were
hastily heralded as the dawn of a "post-racial" America. However,
by 2011, much of the post-election idealism had dissipated in the
wake of an on-going economic and financial crisis, escalating wars
in Afghanistan and Libya, and the rise of the right-wing Tea Party
movement. By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race
relations, this volume interrogates the idealized and progressive
view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream
literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial
America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and
political dimensions of race in the United States, using an
interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from
history, political science, and sociology. Each chapter addresses
controversial issues such as whether Obama can be considered an
African-American president, whether his presidency actually
delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially
prophesised, and whether Obama has abandoned his core
African-American constituency in favour of projecting a
race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support.
Through cutting edge, critically informed, and cross-disciplinary
analyses, this collection directly addresses the dimensions of race
in American society through the lens of Obama's election and
presidency.
The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a
seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals
and other progressives framed the election through the prism of
change, while previously acknowledged demographic changes were
hastily heralded as the dawn of a "post-racial" America. However,
by 2011, much of the post-election idealism had dissipated in the
wake of an on-going economic and financial crisis, escalating wars
in Afghanistan and Libya, and the rise of the right-wing Tea Party
movement. By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race
relations, this volume interrogates the idealized and progressive
view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream
literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial
America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and
political dimensions of race in the United States, using an
interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from
history, political science, and sociology. Each chapter addresses
controversial issues such as whether Obama can be considered an
African-American president, whether his presidency actually
delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially
prophesised, and whether Obama has abandoned his core
African-American constituency in favour of projecting a
race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support.
Through cutting edge, critically informed, and cross-disciplinary
analyses, this collection directly addresses the dimensions of race
in American society through the lens of Obama's election and
presidency.
This book is the authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA. It provides a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equal rights and recognition from 1865 through to the present day. From the civil war of the 1860s to the race riots of the 1990s, Black Civil Rights details the history of the modern civil rights movement in American history. This book introduces the reader to: * leading civil rights activists * black political movements within the USA * crucial legal and political developments * the portrayal of black Americans in the media.
Series Information: Introductions to History
This book examines the historiography of the African American
freedom struggle from the 1890s to the present. It considers how,
and why, the study of African American history developed from being
a marginalized subject in American universities and colleges at the
start of the twentieth century to become one of the most
extensively researched fields in American history today. There is
analysis of the changing scholarly interpretations of African
American leaders from Booker T. Washington through to Barack Obama.
The impact and significance of the leading civil rights
organizations are assessed, as well as the white segregationists
who opposed them and the civil rights policies of presidential
administrations from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump. The civil
rights struggle is also discussed in the context of wider,
political, social and economic changes in the United States and
developments in popular culture. -- .
Once a neglected area, African American history is now the subject
of extensive scholarly research. The Debate on Black Civil Rights
in America is the first full-length study to examine the changing
academic debate on developments in African American history from
the 1890s to the present. It provides a critical historiographical
review of the very latest thinking and explains how and why
research and discourse have evolved in the ways that they have.
Individual chapters focus on particular periods in African American
history from the spread of racial segregation in the 1890s through
to the postwar Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement
of the sixties and seventies. The concluding chapters address the
modern day black experience and the images of African Americans in
popular culture. Appraising both the existing scholarship and the
changing philosophy of the historical profession, this work will be
invaluable to scholars, students and general readers alike. -- .
This groundbreaking collection looks at the NAACP at all levels.
Celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary in February 2009, the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
has been the leading and best-known African American civil rights
organization in the United States. It has played a major, and at
times decisive, role in most of the important developments in the
twentieth century civil rights struggle. Drawing on original and
previously unpublished scholarship from leading researchers in the
United States, Britain, and Europe, this important collection of
sixteen original essays offers new and invaluable insights into the
work and achievements of the association. The first part of the
book offers challenging reappraisals of two of the NAACP's
best-known national spokespersons, Walter White and Roy Wilkins.
Other essays analyze the association's cultural initiatives and the
key role played by its public-relations campaigns in the mid 1950s
to counter segregationist propaganda and win over the hearts and
minds of American public opinion in the wake of the NAACP's
landmark legal victory in Brown v. Board of Education. Others
provide thought-provoking accounts of the association's complex and
difficult relationship with Martin Luther King, the post-World War
II Civil Rights movement, and Black Power radicals of the 1960s.
The second part of the collection focuses on the work of the NAACP
at state, city, and local levels, examining its grassroots
organization throughout the nation from Chicago, Cleveland, and
Detroit in the North, to California in the West, as well as states
across the South including Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana,
and Texas. Providing detailed and fascinating information on
hitherto little explored aspects of the association's work, these
studies complement the previous essays by demonstrating the impact
national initiatives had on local activists and analyzing the
often-strained relations between the NAACP national office in New
York and its regional branches.
This groundbreaking collection looks at the NAACP at all levels.
Celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary in February 2009, the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
has been the leading and best-known African American civil rights
organization in the United States. It has played a major, and at
times decisive, role in most of the important developments in the
twentieth century civil rights struggle. Drawing on original and
previously unpublished scholarship from leading researchers in the
United States, Britain, and Europe, this important collection of
sixteen original essays offers new and invaluable insights into the
work and achievements of the association. The first part of the
book offers challenging reappraisals of two of the NAACP's
best-known national spokespersons, Walter White and Roy Wilkins.
Other essays analyze the association's cultural initiatives and the
key role played by its public-relations campaigns in the mid 1950s
to counter segregationist propaganda and win over the hearts and
minds of American public opinion in the wake of the NAACP's
landmark legal victory in Brown v. Board of Education. Others
provide thought-provoking accounts of the association's complex and
difficult relationship with Martin Luther King, the post-World War
II Civil Rights movement, and Black Power radicals of the 1960s.
The second part of the collection focuses on the work of the NAACP
at state, city, and local levels, examining its grassroots
organization throughout the nation from Chicago, Cleveland, and
Detroit in the North, to California in the West, as well as states
across the South including Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana,
and Texas. Providing detailed and fascinating information on
hitherto little explored aspects of the association's work, these
studies complement the previous essays by demonstrating the impact
national initiatives had on local activists and analyzing the
often-strained relations between the NAACP national office in New
York and its regional branches.
In recent years African American history has been a major growth
area in respect to scholarly research, courses taught at both
undergraduate and school level and wider general interest The only
existing full length study available that provides clear, concise
historiographical perspective on the enormous volume of scholarly
work available on this subject Right up to date taking account of
publications as recent as January/February 2005 A specific section
deals with African Americans and popular culture, a subject which
has also seen a massive expansion in terms of both academic and
general interest in recent years
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