African American history. Volume 3

Mack-Williams, Kibibi, 1955- (Added Author).

Summary: This new resource provides comprehensive coverage of the many events that define the framework of African American history, including social, cultural, and political movements, and the struggles to gain freedom, equality and civil rights. Just as the history of African Americans has been dominated by struggles for freedom and equal rights, articles in Great Events from History: African American History emphasize key events in the study of slavery, the abolitionist movement, civil rights, discrimination, voting rights, and Supreme Court decisions. Other events focus on arts and entertainment, Black Nationalism, crime and punishment, economic issues, education, military history, politics & government, religion, riots and civil disturbances and women's issues. Take a look at just some of the recent events that are included in this comprehensive source: * The election of Barack Obama in 2009* The opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC in 2011* The Black lives Matter movement of 2012* The "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" protests in Ferguson, MO in 2014. Essays have been supplemented with informational sidebars that will further inform a reader's understanding of the topics discussed, including primary source documents, court decisions, mission statements, laws, biographical profiles, and state statistics that will deepen a reader's understanding of the topic. Designed for high school, undergraduate and public libraries, this new resource provides students and researchers with comprehensive and accessible material designed to shed a new light on the study of African American history. -- Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781682171561 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781682171523 (set)
Physical Description: print
495-770 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc., 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Some of the updated and revised essays in this work originally appeared in the following titles from the Great lives from history series: The 17th century (2005), The 18th century (2006), The 19th century (2006), The 20th century (2008), African Americans (2011)"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Kwanzaa Celebration -- Brown Introduces Funk Music -- Brooke Becomes the First African American U.S. Senator Since Reconstruction -- Hendrix Releases Acid Rock Album Are You Experienced? -- Reitman v. Mulkey -- Loving v. Virginia -- National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders -- Race Rioting Erupts in Detroit -- Newark riot -- Chicago race riots of 1967 -- Marshall Becomes the First African American Supreme Court Justice -- Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Civil Rights Act of 1968 -- First steps toward limits on restrictive covenants -- Orangeburg massacre -- Kerner Commission Explores the Causes of Civil Disorders -- Fair Housing Act Outlaws Discrimination in Housing -- Poor People's March on Washington -- Green v. County School Board of New Kent County -- Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Housing Discrimination -- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company -- York Race Riot of 1969 -- Chicago Riots Mar the Democratic National Convention -- Carroll Becomes the First African American Woman to Star as a Non-domestic on Television -- Shirley Chisholm Becomes First African American Woman to Serve in Congress -- Republic of New Africa -- "Black Manifesto" -- Russell Retires as the Celtics Take an Eleventh NBA Title -- League of Revolutionary Black Workers -- Davis Introduces Jazz-Rock Fusion -- Hampton-Clark deaths -- Mitchell and Shook Found the Dance Theatre of Harlem -- Black United Students is Formed -- Congressional Black Caucus -- Bloods and Crips Gangs -- Evans v. Abney -- National Black Women's Political Leadership Caucus -- All in the Family Confronts Controversial Issues -- Griggs v. Duke Power Company -- US Supreme Court Endorses Busing to End School Segregation -- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education -- Griffin v. Breckenridge -- Palmer v. Thompson -- Civil Rights Groups Investigate the FBI and CIA -- Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 -- Moose Lodge v. Irvis -- Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1 -- Wonder Releases Innervisions -- Bakke case -- Combahee River Collective -- Aaron Breaks Ruth's Home Run Record -- Milliken v. Bradley -- Ali and Foreman Rumble in the Jungle -- Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody -- Marley's Natty Dread Establishes Reggae's Popularity -- The Jeffersons Signals Success of Black Situation Comedies -- Southern Schools Are Found to Be the Least Racially Segregated -- U.S. Congress Bans Literacy Tests for Voting -- Voting Rights Act of 1975 -- U.S. Congress Prohibits Discrimination in the Granting of Credit -- Shange's for colored girls ... Presents the Black Female Psyche -- Washington v. Davis -- Runyon v. McCrary -- Roots Dramatizes the African American Experience -- United Steelworkers of America v. Weber -- Innovative Black Filmmakers Achieve Success -- Mobile v. Bolden -- Rioters Protest Miami Police Brutality -- Fullilove v. Klutznick -- Thriller Marks Jackson's Musical Coming-of-Age -- Rainbow Coalition -- Jackson's run for the presidency -- MOVE Bombing -- The Cosby Show Makes Television History -- U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Goals, Not Quotas, to Remedy Discrimination -- Batson v. Kentucky -- Rap Goes Platinum With Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell -- National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America -- Afrocentrism -- Civil Rights Restoration Act -- Do The Right Thing Establishes Lee as a World-Class Director -- Wilder Becomes the First Elected Black Governor -- Hawkins murder -- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company -- Bush Nominates Second African American to the Supreme Court -- Crown Heights conflicts -- Harlins murder -- Powers v. Ohio -- Thomas-Hill hearings -- U.S. Congress Strengthens Equal Opportunity Laws -- King beating case -- Los Angeles Riots -- R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul -- Wisconsin v. Mitchell -- Shaw v. Reno -- Adarand Constructors v. Peña -- O.J. Simpson Trial -- Farrakhan Leads the Million Man March -- Shaw v. Hunt -- Tiger Woods Becomes World's Top-Rated Golfer -- Million Woman March -- Farmer v. Ramsay --