The African American People

A Global History

Molefi Kete Asante

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415872546
• eBook ISBN: 9781136506765
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire de l'Afrique

The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history's effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the United States with a new look at how African Americans in later generations impacted the rest of the world. Designed for a range of students studying African American History or African American Studies, The African American People takes the story from Africa to the Americas, and follows the diaspora through the Underground Railroad to Canada, and on to Europe, Asia, and around the globe.

Including over 50 images documenting African American lives, The African American People presents the most detailed discussion of the African and African American diaspora to date, giving student the foundation they need to broaden their conception of African American History.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The African American People
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Time before the Time
• 2 The Broken Links
• 3 Africans Confront the American Situation
• 4 Freedom and Revolution without End
• 5 The Great Freedom War
• 6 Exploring New Routes to Equality and Justice
• 7 From Harlem We Charge Up the Racial Mountain
• 8 Trouble in Paradise
• 9 We Will be Free
• 10 Social and Moral Challenges are Everywhere
• 11 The Rise of Social Consciousness
• 12 An Unfinished Agenda
• Appendix I: A Chronology of African American History
• Appendix II: Some Notable African Americans in Space
• Appendix III: African American Inventors and Technologists
• Appendix IV: African American Firsts
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index