African American History For Dummies

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very own MySpace LayoutsWith more than 250 colleges offering undergraduate degrees in African American studies and African Americans holding key positions in innumerable fields, thereâ€™s more interest than ever in African American history and culture. Spanning from Africa before the transatlantic slave trade, slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, and Hurricane Katrina to historical figures, pivotal events, momentous court cases and key cultural contributions, African American History For Dummies (Wiley: April 2007, 432 pages) is a plain-English guide that helps people get a handle on the African American experience over the last four centuries.

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About the Author, Ronda Racha Penrice Freelance writer and African American history enthusiast Ronda Racha Penrice has written for a diverse array of publications aimed primarily at the African American audience as well as held key editorial positions at the Quarterly Black Review of Books, Rap Pages and Upscale. The Chicago native (with deep Mississippi roots) and Columbia University graduate has covered everything from music, film, sports and travel to books, theatre, fitness and current events for publications such as Essence, Essence.com, Africana.com, Vibe.com, The Source, The Crisis, Jewel, Honey, EURweb.com, AOL Black Voices, Urban Network, The Atlanta Voice, The Jackson Advocate, Creative Loafing, UPTOWN, OverTime and NiaOnline.

Music:

R&B, Hip-Hop, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Gospel

Movies:

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Television:

The Way It Is, Gotti's Way, Pardon the Interruption, The Wire, Brothers and Sisters, Run's House, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes

Books:

Beloved, Jazz, Meridian, the Third Life of Grange Copeland, the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Video Vixen, The Coldest Winter Ever, No Disrespect

Heroes:

Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ida B. Wells, Coretta Scott King, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Ture, Bobby Rush, Ella Baker, Huey Newton, Callie House, etc.

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Resolving the issue of abandoned or confiscated land was complex. During the war, Rufus Saxton, Union head of the Department of the South, proposed the general plan of allotting black families two acr...
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