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Contours of African American Politics chronicles the systematic study of African American politics and its subsequent recognition as an established field of scholarly inquiry. African American politics emanates from the demands of the prolonged struggle for black liberation and empowerment. Hence, the study of African American politics has sought to track, codify, and analyze the struggle that has been mounted, and to understand the historic and changing political status of African Americans within American society

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A New Take on an Old Term: Operationalizing the Diaspora Concept -- 2. An Exploration of the Relevant Literature -- 3. Still Waters: Understanding the Political Economy of the 1920s -- 4. Home Dock: The United States and the BSL -- 5. Charting the Black Atlantic: The UNIA and Its Location in African American Politics -- 6. Shipping Politics: The Case of the Black Star Line -- 7. Stormy Seas: Government Obstruction of BSL Transnational Goals -- 8. Marooned: The Rise and Fall of the Black Star Line -- 9. Clear Waters: Implications for the Study of Diasporas -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Coming Up on the Rough Side of the Mountain": African Americans and Coal Camps in Appalachia -- 2. "Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair": African Americans in Coal Towns -- 3. "I Don't Know Where To, but We're Moving": African American Survival Strategies in Coal Towns -- 4. "Sing a Song of 'Welfare'": Corporate Communities and Welfare Capitalism in Southeastern Kentucky -- 5. "Living Tolerably Well Together": Life in Model Towns along Looney Creek -- 6. "What Kept You Standing, Why Didn't You Fall?": African Americans in Benham and Lynch -- 7. "One Close Community": The Eastern Kentucky Social Club -- 8. "They Love Coming Home": Appalachian Ties That Bind -- Afterword: Values, Spoken and Unspoken -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Puritans and Slavery -- 2. Black Abolitionist Writers in theAge of Revolution -- 3. Black Petitioning and Organized Abolitionism in Revolutionary Massachusetts -- 4. Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade -- 5. Massachusetts Blacks and the Growth of the Northern Antislavery Movement -- 6. Black Emigration and Abolition in the Early Republic -- 7. Abolitionism and the Politics of Slavery in Early Antebellum Massachusetts -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A Common Destiny -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary and Conclusions -- SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS -- Blacks and Whites in a Changing Society -- Determinants of Black Status -- A RECORD OF THE STATUS OF BLACK AMERICANS -- Attitudes, Participation, Identity, and Institutions -- Political Participation -- Economic Status -- Schooling -- Health -- Crime and Criminal Justice -- Children and Families -- THE FUTURE: ALTERNATIVES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Blacks' Status in the Near Future -- Residential Segregation -- Income and Poverty -- Policy Alternatives -- Black Perspectives -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Overview: Then and Now -- CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN BLACK-WHITE STATUS SINCE 1940 -- The Baseline Cohort -- The Most Recent Cohort -- Uneven Changes -- DATA, FINDINGS, AND INTERPRETATIONS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS -- Study Methods -- Determinants of Black Status -- Interpreting Data -- Explaining Black-White Differences -- Residential Segregation and Its Effects -- Description of the Report -- REFERENCES -- NOTE -- 2 Black Participation in American Society -- THE BASELINE PERIOD: 1935-1945 -- Social Relations Under Jim Crow -- Migration and Urbanization -- Rising Black Protest -- BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SINCE 1945 -- The Military -- Desegregation of the Armed Forces -- The Modern Military -- Public Schools -- Trends in School Desegregation -- Effects of School Desegregation -- Resegregation Within Desegregated Schools -- Blacks, Whites, and School Desegregation -- PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS -- Workplaces -- Labor Unions and Equal Employment -- RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION -- Metropolitan Areas -- Neighborhoods -- BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE SINCE 1945 -- Churches And Religious Life -- Organized Sports -- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3 Racial Attitudes and Behavior.

From Dr. Lederer's text: B.F. Adams published a weekly newspaper, The American Negro, for Springfield, Missouri, and taught school for over fifty years.

The institution of slavery and its abolition -- Reconstruction and the southern "Black code" -- Southern opposition to Reconstruction -- The war on Negro suffrage -- The false alarm of Negro domination -- The Negro in politics -- The Negro and the law -- The rise and achievements of the colored race -- The national duty to the Negro -- Public opinion omnipotent. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; From the Leon F. Litwack library. ; Blue cloth, gilt-stamped title.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Herb Boyd -- Preface -- Part 1. Malcolm as a Theoretical Framework -- Malcolm X from Michigan: Race, Identity, and Community across the Black World, Rita Kiki Edozie with Curtis Stokes -- The Paradigmatic Agency of Malcolm X: Family, Experience, and Thought, Abdul Alkalimat -- Reeducating the Afro-American: Malcolm X's Scholarly and Historical Pedagogy, Lenwood G. Davis -- Malcolm X: Master of Signifyin, Geneva Smitherman -- If You Can't Be Free, Be Indignant: The Womanist Legacy of Malcolm X, Sheila Radford-Hill -- Malcolm-esque: A Black Arts Literary Genre, Joseph McLaren -- Part 2. Malcolm and Community Engagement -- Malcolm X's Pre-Nation of Islam (NOI) Discourses: Sourced from Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Archives, Charles Ezra Ferrell -- Liberation and Transformation through Education: Black Studies at Malcolm X College, Chicago, Edward C. Davis IV -- Malcolm X: An Education of Positive Youth Development Challenged by Street Culture, Carl S. Taylor, Pamela R. Smith, and Cameron "Khalfani" Herman -- A Detroit Black Panther's Soldiering Journey with Malcolm X: Extract Memoirs from an X Heir, Ahmad A. Rahman -- Malcolm X and the Black Campus Movement: Shaping Academic Communities, Ibram X. Kendi -- Part 3. Malcolm and Black World Struggle -- Malcolm X, Islam, and the Black Self, Zain Abdullah -- Malcolm X and the Struggle for Socialism in the United States, Curtis Stokes -- Malcolm X, Black Cultural Revolution, and the Shrine of the Black Madonna in Detroit, Errol A. Henderson -- Malcolm X and the Cuban Revolution, Ollie Johnson -- Malcolm Omowale X (Re)Turns to Africa: Pan-Africanism and the Black Studies Agenda in a Global Era, Rita Kiki Edozie -- Works by Malcolm X -- Contributors -- Index.

Published also as Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science. ser. XXXVII, no. 3. ; Vita. ; Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins university, 1917. ; Mode of access: Internet.

In a democracy there should never have been an occasion whereby the enactment of a separate and distinct legislation was necessary for welfare of land and its people. Democratic principles as pronounced from the preamble of the constitution of the United States of America should have been the grounds sufficient for prohibiting the development of forces which eventually led to written end unwritten legislation for a cross section of the population.

"Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science for May, 1906." ; Cover-title. ; The economic handicap of the Negro in the North / K. Miller -- The Negro in the trades unions in New York / Mary W. Ovington -- The migration of Negroes to the North / R.R. Wright, Jr. -- The training of the Negro laborer in the North / H.M. Browne -- The industrial condition of the Negro in New York City / W.L. Bulkley -- The three amendments / J. Bascom. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; BEIN JWJ Zan2 906 +In2: Original wrappers.

The 1915 version of the Michigan Manual of Freedman's Progress Book. The manual describes the history and social conditions of African Americans in Michigan beginning in the decade between 1830 and 1840. The book is 371 pages and includes illustrations, portraits, and tables. ; Officers of Freedmen's Progress Commission -- Biographical sketches of Commission -- Delegates to Lincoln Jubilee, Chicago -- Editor's preface -- The Negro in Michigan. Historical sketch -- Alphabetical list of exhibitors -- Afro-Americans engaged in professional pursuits -- Afro-Americans in politics -- The Michigan Negro in business -- Negro home and property owners -- Honor roll of Negro volunteers in Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Resolutions in Honor of late Thaddeus W. Taylor -- Occupations of Afro-Americans -- Chapter on mortality -- Negro mortality in Detroit -- Appendix. Michigan Day Program -- Address of Gov. Woodbridge N. Ferris.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: AN UNFINISHED CIVIL RIGHTS BATTLE -- 1. An American Injustice: Th e State of African American Health -- Part II: REWRITING OUR HEALTH HISTORY: A NEW VISION OF BETTER HEALTH -- 2. Lose Weight and Win: Fighting Obesity -- 3. From Soul Food to Food for the Soul: Th e Keys to Eating Well -- 4. Make the Right Moves: How to Burn Fat and Be Fit -- 5. Detoxify Your Life: Managing the Th ree Ss (Stress, Sleep, and Smoking) -- 6. Change Your World: Righting the Wrongs of Social Inequity -- Part III: NAVIGATING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: WHAT EVERY AFRICAN AMERICAN MUST DO NOW -- 7. Know Your Family History -- 8. Understand Your Health Insurance -- 9. Choose the Right Doctor -- 10. Schedule a Physical Exam -- Epilogue -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Notes -- Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- T -- V -- W.