Atlas of African-American History (Multicultural Atlas)

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Praise for the previous edition: "Notable for its large format and attractive designwell writtenmaps are well chosen and clearrecommended for secondary school or lower-division undergraduate collections." Choice "This excellent atlas of facts should be in the holdings of any serious Afro-American reference book collection...easy to browse and read...Highly recommended." Midwest Book Review Building on the authoritative text of the first edition Atlas of African-American History Revised Edition chronicles the important cultural historical political and social experiences of African Americans through the years. Completely updated and revised this fascinating book features more than 70 full-color maps that engage readers with easy-to-grasp facts figures and images of everyday life. Ten new black-and-white photographs eight new full-color photographs and four new line illustrations enliven the text. Coverage includes: The dramatic 1839 journey of the Amistad including its successful slave rebellion The labor activism of Albert and Lucy Parsons an interracial couple who led the eight-hour-day movement and the national railroad strike The accomplishments of Matthew Henson who with Robert Peary discovered the North Pole in 1909 The postWorld War II influences that drove the economic rise of a new black middle class Analysis of how the cultural contributions of writers actors athletes musicians and other artists helped define American culture during the 1960s and 1970s The rise of hip-hop and rap from a local South Bronx phenomenon into a powerful industry capable of launching other businesses Demographic profiles of the health education employment income spending habits homeownership and other benchmarks of African Americans as well as how these compare with those of other Americans The powerful role of theater comedy TV and film in presenting and shaping the image of African Americans from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s The persistent social racial and economic issues that still confront America as highlighted by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.