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African American History

Editor: Carl L. Bankston III, Tulane University
ISBN: 978-1-58765-239-4
List Price: $217

August 2005 · 3 volumes · 1,179 pages · 6"x9"

African American History
Table of Contents

Volume 1
Abolition , 1
Abolitionist movement and women, 5
Adarand Constructors v. Peña, 13
Affirmative action, 15
African Liberation Day, 25
African Methodist Episcopal Church, 26
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches, 30
Afrocentrism, 31
Agriculture, 32
Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody, 39
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 40
American Anti-Slavery Society, 42
American Colonization Society, 46
Amistad slave revolt, 47
Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert, 51
Antislavery laws of 1777 and 1807, 58
Ashmun Institute, 62
Atlanta Compromise, 67
Bakke case, 71
Baptist Church, 78
Baseball’s racial integration, 82
Batson v. Kentucky, 90
Birmingham March, 91
Black cabinet, 94
Black Christian Nationalist Movement, 95
Black church, 97
Black codes, 103
Black colleges and universities, 107
Black flight, 112
Black Is Beautiful movement, 114
Black Jews, 115
“Black Manifesto,” 117
Black nationalism, 118
Black Panther Party, 123
Black Power movement, 129
Black United Students, 132
Bleeding Kansas, 134
Bolling v. Sharpe, 137
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 138
Brown v. Board of Education, 140
Brown v. Mississippi, 144
Brownsville incident, 145
Buchanan v. Warley, 147
Buffalo soldiers, 147
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority, 150
Charleston race riots, 151
Chicago riots, 152
Chicago sit-ins, 154
Chisholm’s election to Congress, 161
Church bombings, 169
Church burnings, 174
Civil Rights Act of 1866, 177
Civil Rights Act of 1957, 182
Civil Rights Act of 1960, 183
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 188
Civil Rights Act of 1968, 195
Civil Rights Act of 1991, 198
Civil Rights Acts of 1866-1875, 199
Civil Rights cases, 202
Civil Rights movement, 204
Civil Rights movement and children, 214
Civil Rights Restoration Act, 215
Civil rights worker murders, 219
Civil War, 226
Clinton massacre, 233
Clotilde capture, 234
Colfax massacre, 239
Colored Women’s League, 240
Combahee River Collective, 241
Compromise of 1850, 243
Compromise of 1877, 248
Confiscation Acts of 1861 and 1862, 249
Congress of Racial Equality, 250
Congressional Black Caucus, 256
Cooper v. Aaron, 258
Council of Federated Organizations, 260
Cowboys, 267
Crown Heights conflicts, 268
Cubans and African Americans, 270
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 276
Defense industry desegregation, 277
Demographic trends, 283
Disfranchisement laws in Mississippi, 294
Draft riots, 298
Dyer antilynching bill, 302
Economic trends, 304
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company, 314
Education, 315
Edwards v. South Carolina, 322
Emancipation Proclamation 323
Employment, 327
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, 331
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 338
Evans v. Abney, 340
Fair Employment Practices Committee, 340
Fair Housing Act, 342
Fifteenth Amendment, 347
Film history, 352
Fourteenth Amendment, 357
Free African Society, 362
Free blacks, 366
Freedmen’s Bureau, 367
Freedom Rides, 372
Freedom Summer, 374
Freemasons in Boston, 377
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, 382

Volume 2
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, 387
Fullilove v. Klutznick, 391
Gerrymandering, 393
Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 397
Grandfather clauses, 398
Great Migration, 399
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 404
Greensboro sit-ins, 406
Griffin v. Breckenridge, 413
Griggs v. Duke Power Company, 415
Groves v. Slaughter, 417
Grovey v. Townsend, 418
Guinn v. United States, 419
Haitians, 421
Hampton-Clark deaths, 424
Harlem Renaissance, 426
Harlins murder, 434
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 435
Harpers Ferry raid, 436
Hawkins murder, 441
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 442
“I Have a Dream” speech, 449
Integration, 454
Irish and African Americans 460
Jackson’s run for the presidency, 461
Jamaicans, 466
Jews and African Americans, 470
Jim Crow laws, 476
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company, 479
Journey of Reconciliation, 481
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 490
Katzenbach v. McClung, 496
Kerner Commission, 499
Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1, 506
King assassination, 507
King beating case, 515
Koreans and African Americans, 520
Ku Klux Klan, 523
Ku Klux Klan Acts, 529
Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections, 530
League of Revolutionary Black Workers, 530
The Liberator, 532
Literature, 537
Little Rock school desegregation crisis, 544
Los Angeles riots, 548
Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway
Company v. Mississippi
, 552
Lynching, 553
McCleskey v. Kemp, 557
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 558
Malcolm X assassination, 559
Marshall’s appointment to the Supreme Court, 564
Martin v. Wilks, 568
The Media, 569
Miami riots, 576
Military, 579
Military desegregation, 583
Milliken v. Bradley, 592
Million Man March, 593
Million Woman March, 597
Miscegenation laws, 600
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 603
Missouri Compromise, 606
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 612
Mobile v. Bolden, 613
Montgomery bus boycott, 614
Moore v. Dempsey, 619
Moose Lodge v. Irvis, 620
MOVE bombing, 621
Moynihan Report, 623
Music, 624
Nation of Islam, 631
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 635
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, 636
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, 643
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People v. Alabama
, 650
National Association of Colored Women, 651
National Black Women’s Political Leadership Caucus, 652
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, 653
National Council of Colored People, 654
National Council of Negro Women, 658
National Urban League, 659
Native Americans and African Americans, 661
Negro Conventions, 667
New York City slave revolt, 669
New York riots, 674
Newark riot, 677
Newberry v. United States, 679
Niagara Movement, 681
Nixon v. Condon, 685
Nixon v. Herndon, 686
Norris v. Alabama, 687
The North Star, 689
Northwest Ordinance, 694
One-drop rule, 698
Orangeburg massacre, 699
Palmer v. Thompson, 700
Pan-Africanism, 701
Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 702
Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, 703
Plessy v. Ferguson, 708
Politics and government, 713
Poll taxes, 723
Poor People’s March on Washington, 725
Powell v. Alabama, 727
Powers v. Ohio, 728
President’s Committee on Civil Rights, 729
Proslavery argument, 731
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 735
Race riots of 1866, 737
Race riots of 1943, 741
Race riots of 1967, 745
Race riots of the twentieth century, 750
Rainbow Coalition, 753
Reconstruction, 755
Reitman v. Mulkey, 763
Republic of New Africa, 765
Restrictive covenants, 766
Roots, 767
Runyon v. McCrary, 768
School desegregation, 770
Science and technology, 776

Volume 3
Scott v. Sandford, 783
Scottsboro trials, 786
Segregation, 790
Segregation on the frontier, 793
Selma-Montgomery march, 797
Separate but equal doctrine, 805
Sharecropping, 806
Shaw v. Hunt, 808
Shaw v. Reno, 810
Shelley v. Kraemer, 812
Simpson murder trial, 813
Sit-ins, 818
Slaughterhouse Cases, 819
Slave codes, 821
Slavery, 826
Slavery and families, 835
Slavery and race relations, 843
Slavery and the justice system, 850
Slavery and women, 858
Slavery in Massachusetts, 865
Slavery in Virginia, 870
Smith v. Allwright, 875
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 879
Southern Manifesto, 887
Sports, 889
Stereotypes, 898
Stono Rebellion, 902
Strauder v. West Virginia, 907
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 908
Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders, 912
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education, 913
Sweatt v. Painter, 917
Talented Tenth, 919
Terry v. Adams, 921
Thirteenth Amendment, 922
Thomas-Hill hearings, 928
Three-fifths compromise, 930
Till lynching, 931
Turner’s slave insurrection, 933
Tuskegee Airmen, 937
Tuskegee experiment, 939
Twenty-fourth Amendment 941
Underground Railroad, 947
Understanding tests, 952
United Negro College Fund 953
United States Commission on Civil Rights, 954
United States v. Classic, 958
United States v. Cruikshank, 959
United States v. Reese, 961
United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 962
Universal Negro Improvement Association, 969
University of Mississippi desegregation, 974
Vietnam War, 979
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 983
Voting Rights Act of 1975, 990
Washington v. Davis, 996
Washington, D.C., riots, 997
Watts riot, 999
West Indians, 1002
White Citizens’ Councils, 1007
White primaries, 1009
Wilder’s election to Virginia governorship, 1010
Williams v. Mississippi, 1017
Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 1018
World War II, 1020
Yarbrough, Ex parte, 1025
Bibliography, 1027
Time Line of African American History, 1076
Notable Figures in African American History, 1096
Category Index, 1127
Personages Index, 1143
Subject Index, 1153


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