African American History--Africana Library, Cornell University

African American History, General

(http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/guides/aahistory.html)

Compiled by Eric Kofi Acree, Librarian

Aptheker, Herbert. Afro American History: The Modern Era. Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press, 1971.
Covers the first seven decades of the 20th century. Aptheker examines the meaning of national consciousness in African American history, while looking at the ideas and role of W.E.B. DuBois, the impact of the Niagara movement through the uprisings of the 60s.

Bennett, Lerone, Jr. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America. Chicago: Johnson, 2003.
Before the Mayflower traces black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey that ended in slavery, the Reconstruction period, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in an exploration of the complex realities of African-American life in the 1990s.

_____. The Shaping of Black History. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company Inc., 1975.
Black history in America from the arrival of the first Africans in 1619 to the 1970s.

Davis, Angela Yvonne. Women Race & Class. New York: Random House, 1981.
A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders.

Du Bois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. New York: New American Library, 1969.
First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history, it helped to alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these 14 essays contain both the academic language of sociology and the rich lyrics of African spirituals, which Du Bois called "sorrow songs."

Foner, Eric. ed. America's Black Past. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1970.

Foner, Philip, ed. Essays in Afro-American History. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978.
This book traces through individual essays several aspects of Black life; economic, political, social, and cultural. The time period spans from Revolutionary era to the eve of World War I.

_____. History of Black Americans: From Africa to the Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1975.
Eric Foner has produced a narrative of Black life and culture after 1820. Foner concludes that oppression was [the slaves'] lot but resistance was their legacy. In so doing, he rejects recent arguments that plantation slavery operated as a paternalistic system or that radical abolitionists were visionaries.

Franklin, John Hope and Alfred A. Moss, Jr. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
This book describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the black population.

Frazier, E. Franklin. The Negro in the United States. New York: Macmillian, 1957.

Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. The State of Afro-American History: Past, Present, and Future. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986.

_____. Black Women in United States History. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, 1990.

Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.

Karenga, Maulana. Introduction to Black Studies. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press, 2002.

Meier, August and Elliott Rudwick, eds. The Making of Black America: The Origins of Black Americans, volume 1. New York: Atheneum, 1969.

_____. The Making of Black America: The Black Community in Modern America, volume 2. New York: Atheneum, 1969.


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		Print This Page African American History, General (http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/guides/aahistory.html) Compiled by Eric Kofi Acree, Librarian Aptheker, Herbert. Afro American History: The Modern Era. Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press, 1971. Covers the first seven decades of the 20th century. Aptheker examines the meaning of national consciousness in African American history, while looking at the ideas and role of W.E.B. DuBois, the impact of the Niagara movement through the uprisings of the 60s. Bennett, Lerone, Jr. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America. Chicago: Johnson, 2003. Before the Mayflower traces black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey that ended in slavery, the Reconstruction period, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in an exploration of the complex realities of African-American life in the 1990s. _____. The Shaping of Black History. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company Inc., 1975. Black history in America from the arrival of the first Africans in 1619 to the 1970s. Davis, Angela Yvonne. Women Race & Class. New York: Random House, 1981. A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. Du Bois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. New York: New American Library, 1969. First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history, it helped to alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these 14 essays contain both the academic language of sociology and the rich lyrics of African spirituals, which Du Bois called "sorrow songs." Foner, Eric. ed. America's Black Past. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1970. Foner, Philip, ed. Essays in Afro-American History. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978. This book traces through individual essays several aspects of Black life; economic, political, social, and cultural. The time period spans from Revolutionary era to the eve of World War I. _____. History of Black Americans: From Africa to the Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1975. Eric Foner has produced a narrative of Black life and culture after 1820. Foner concludes that oppression was [the slaves'] lot but resistance was their legacy. In so doing, he rejects recent arguments that plantation slavery operated as a paternalistic system or that radical abolitionists were visionaries. Franklin, John Hope and Alfred A. Moss, Jr. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. This book describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the black population. Frazier, E. Franklin. The Negro in the United States. New York: Macmillian, 1957. Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. The State of Afro-American History: Past, Present, and Future. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. _____. Black Women in United States History. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, 1990. Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. Karenga, Maulana. Introduction to Black Studies. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press, 2002. Meier, August and Elliott Rudwick, eds. The Making of Black America: The Origins of Black Americans, volume 1. New York: Atheneum, 1969. _____. The Making of Black America: The Black Community in Modern America, volume 2. New York: Atheneum, 1969.