African American History : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Holloway, ...

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Author: Jonathan Scott Holloway Illustrator: Yes Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser. Topic: General, United States / General Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated gtin13: 9780190915155 Book Title: African American History : a Very Short Introduction Item Length: 4.4 in Publication Year: 2023 Item Weight: 7.1 Oz Language: English Genre: History Item Width: 6.9 in Item Height: 0.4 in ISBN: 9780190915155 Number of Pages: 152 Pages

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African American History : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Holloway, Jonathan Scott, ISBN 0190915153, ISBN-13 9780190915155, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "What does it mean to be an American? African American history illuminates the United States' core paradoxes, inviting profound questions about what it means to be an American, a citizen, and a human being. This Very Short Introduction narrates the creation of racialized chattel slavery, the dismantling of that system during the Civil War, and the civil rights disputes that have erupted in the years since Emancipation, including the Black Lives Matter movement. Author Jonathan Scott Holloway illustrates American citizens' willingness to realize the ideal articulated in America's founding document, namely, that all people were created equal"--