almanacs, american

Uses primary source documents, maps, charts, and statistics to trace the history and contributions of Asian-Americans to the United States, from their first travels across the Pacific to the twenty-first century.

The complete 1868 original edition, plus selections from 25, 50, and 100 years ago.

Examines the colonial period in America, discussing both the Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans and the exploration and settlement of different parts of the New World.

Story of the correspondence between Benjamin Banneker, a free black man, who wrote to Thomas Jefferson to tell him how he felt about Jefferson owning slaves.

Presents articles on such aspects of 1960s America as the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, feminism, the sexual revolution, counterculture, religion, sports, and entertainment, and includes a time line and a glossary.

Presents study tools on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era including overviews of such aspects as industrialization, immigration, westward expansion, and invention; twenty-five biographical profiles; eighteen primary sources; a time line; and a glossary.

Features a comphrensive range of historical and current information on African American life and culture.

Offers a comprehensive range of historical and contemporary information on African-American life and culture.

Provides the history, growth, and achievements of African-Americans, with brief biographies of noted individuals in such areas as politics, sports, music, science, education, and religion.