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

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

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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"--