Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-2005
Subtitle: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century 4-Volume Set
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 2, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 2496
ISBN-13: 9780195167795
Subjects: African history; American history; History; Ethnic Issues; History: World; Africa; The Americas; Encyclopedias; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Reference; History / United States / 20th Century; Historiography; African Americans
Description: Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher description