Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- CHAPTER 1:West Africa, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Americas 1 -- CHAPTER 2:The Colonial Era: 1619-1763 16 -- CHAPTER 3:The Era of the American Revolution: 1764-1820 37 -- CHAPTER 4: The Antebellum Years: 1820-1860 57 -- CHAPTER 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1861-1877 83 -- CHAPTER 6: The Triumph of White Racism: 1878-1915 109 -- CHAPTER 7: World War I through the Great Depression: 1914-1941 140 -- CHAPTER 8: World War II and the Postwar Years: 1941-1960 166 -- CHAPTER 9: The Civil Rights Revolution, Black Power, and White Backlash: 1960-1968183 -- CHAPTER 10: Progress and Setbacks in a Conservative Era: 1969 to the Present 209 -- Biographies 249Chronology 277Glossary 289Further Reading 295Index 317
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-316) and index
