Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans with Documents, Vol. 1: To 1885

Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans with Documents, Vol. 1: To 1885 by Deborah Gray White. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312648831.

Award-winning scholars and veteran teachers Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. have collaborated to create a fresh, innovative new African American history textbook that weaves together narrative and a wealth of carefully selected primary sources. The narrative focuses on the diversity of black experience and culture and the impact of African Americans on the nation as a whole. Every chapter contains two themed sets of written documents and a visual source essay, guiding students through the process of analyzing sources and offering the convenience and value of a "two-in-one" textbook and reader.