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Forthcoming African-American history Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. The Postwar Struggle for Civil Rights

    African Americans in San Francisco, 1945–1975

    By Paul T. Miller

    Series: Studies in African American History and Culture

    The war industries associated with World War II brought unparalleled employment opportunities for African Americans in San Francisco, a city whose African American population grew by over 650% between 1940 and 1945. With this population increase came an increase in racial discrimination directed at...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  2. The American Middle Class

    A Cultural History

    By Lawrence Samuel

    The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society, the key to the country’s democracy and prosperity. Most Americans believe they belong to this group, and few politicians can hope to be elected without promising to serve the middle class. Yet today the American middle class is...

    To Be Published July 7th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

    Edited by Mark Ledwidge, Kevern Verney, Inderjeet Parmar

    Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

    The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals and other progressives framed the election through the prism of change, while previously acknowledged demographic changes were hastily heralded as the dawn of a "...

    To Be Published October 2nd 2013 by Routledge

  4. The Fort Pillow Massacre

    North, South, and the Status of African Americans in the Civil War Era

    By Bruce Tap

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    On April 12, 1864, a small Union force occupying Fort Pillow, Tennessee, a fortress located on the Mississippi River just north of Memphis, was overwhelmed by a larger Confederate force under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest. While the battle was insignificant from a strategic standpoint, the...

    To Be Published October 9th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Museums and Social Activism

    Engaged Protest

    By Kylie Message

    Series: Museum Meanings

    Museums and Social Activism is the first study to bring together historical accounts of the African American and later American Indian civil rights-related social and reform movements that took place on the Smithsonian Mall through the 1960s and 1970s in Washington DC with the significant but...

    To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge

  6. The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948

    By Krewasky Salter

    Series: Routledge Studies in African American History

    Black members of the military served in every war, conflict and military engagement between 1861 and 1948. Beyond serving only as enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers, many also served as commissioned officers in positions of leadership and authority. This book offers the first complete...

    To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Jesse Owens, the Press, and the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

    By Pamela C. Laucella

    Series: Studies in African American History and Culture

    Jesse Owens secured his place as one of the most celebrated athletes of the twentieth-century after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. This book examines the press coverage of the time, which helped to elevate Owens to such status. Pamela C. Laucella utilizes examples not just...

    To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Shadows of the Slave Past

    Memory, Heritage, and Slavery

    By Ana-Lucia Araujo

    Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

    How do our contemporary societies remember, reenact, conceal, and forget unpleasant aspects of their national histories encompassing enslavement, racism, and segregation of individuals and groups? How is the slave trade past conveyed and displayed in the public space? Over the last twenty...

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  9. From Selma to Montgomery to Freedom

    The Long March to Freedom

    By Barbara Combs

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 signaled a shift in official and unofficial negotiations of race in America. Signed by Lyndon Johnson to secure African American voters their legally allowed but historically denied right to vote, the Act symbolized the government's recognition of widespread, systemic...

    To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Color Matters

    Skin Tone Bias and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

    Edited by Kimberly Jade Norwood

    To Be Published February 14th 2014 by Routledge