1st Edition

The African American People A Global History

By Molefi Kete Asante Copyright 2012
416 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Preface  Chapter1: Time Before the Time  Chapter 2: The Broken Links   Chapter 3: Africans Confront the American Situation Chapter 4: Freedom and Revolutions without End  Chapter 5: The Great Freedom War  Chapter 6: Exploring New Routes to Equality and Justice  Chapter 7: From Harlem We Charge Up the Racial Mountain Chapter 8: Trouble in Paradise  Chapter 9: We Will Be Free By Any Means Necessary  Chapter 10: Social and Moral Challenges are Everywhere  Chapter 11: The Rise of Social Consciousness  Conclusion: An Unfinished Agenda  References 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  Index

Biography

Molefi Kete Asante is a Professor of African American Studies at Temple University. He is the author of 68 books, including An Afrocentric Manifesto, and The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony (Routledge).