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African Americans in the West
- Title
- African Americans in the West / Douglas Flamming.
- Author
- Flamming, Douglas.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xxiv, 353 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cultures in the American West
- Uniform Title
- Cultures in the American West series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
- Contents
- The African American West: getting started. Defining the West -- Why study the West? -- Americans of African descent -- About this book -- Frontiers of slavery and freedom, 1815-1865. Slavery on the early frontier -- The community impulse -- Black individualism -- Texas and slavery -- Indian Territory and slavery -- The Mexican War -- The California gold rush -- The slavery cases and colored conventions -- Beyond the west of bondage? -- The West and the Civil War -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic essay -- Trailblazers in the New West, 1866-1890. The cowboys -- Soldiering West -- To Kansas! -- Oklahoma -- The black towns -- The rise of the urban West -- Building "community" -- Bibliographic essay -- Seeking freedom in the West, 1890-1920. A different kind of black experience -- The South in crisis -- The "Talented Tenth" Migration -- The Great Migration -- No rush westward -- Community life in the black West -- The Afro-American Council -- The colored women's clubs -- The rise of the NAACP -- World War I -- Bibliographic essay -- Between the World Wars, 1920-1940. The Tulsa race riot -- The second Ku Klux Klan -- Garveyism out West -- The New Negro Renaissance -- The NAACP convention of 1928 -- The Great Depression and the New Deal -- Bibliographic essay -- World War II and the great transformation. The defense economy -- The Second Great Migration -- The role of the federal government -- Race and organized labor -- The Port Chicago disaster -- The housing crisis -- Liberty ships -- Bibliographic essay -- The era of racial liberalism, 1945-1965. An even greater migration -- The housing crises -- Fighting for civil rights -- Direct-action protest -- Direction action in the West -- Sports and entertainment -- The political arena -- Bibliographic essay -- The era of black nationalism, 1965-1980 -- The black West as trendsetter -- Rebellion in Watts -- The aftermath -- "Black power!" -- Karenga and Kwanzaa -- The Black Panthers -- Angela Davis and Che-Lumumba -- Civil rights in the West (continued...) -- The electoral arena -- The 1968 Olympic games -- Blacks and Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic essay -- The African American West since 1980; Decline and success. The urban crisis -- The Rodney King beating -- The L.A. riot -- Gangsta rap -- Willie Brown: political star -- Sports as the great equalizer? -- Suburbanization -- Leaving the West -- Bibliographic essay -- Historiography and current issues. The historiography of the black West -- A new wave of multiracial history? -- A "minority majority"?
- Call Number
- IW 10-7233
- ISBN
- 9781598840025 (alk. paper)
- 1598840029 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009016192
- OCLC
- 233940398
- Author
- Flamming, Douglas.
- Title
- African Americans in the West / Douglas Flamming.
- Imprint
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2009.
- Series
- Cultures in the American WestCultures in the American West series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Flamming, Douglas. African Americans in the West. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2009 (OCoLC)621520839
- Research Call Number
- IW 10-7233