Library of African-American history

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Reconstruction and reaction

the emancipation of slaves, 1861-1913
1996
Covers African-American advancements during the period of the federal government's management of the defeated Southern states.

Africans in America

the spread of people and culture
1999
Describes the spread of Africans to the western hemisphere and the influences and development of their culture.

Farewell to Jim Crow

the rise and fall of segregation in America
1997
Discusses the history of the struggle against segregation, which until the 1960s dictated where African-Americans could live, study, work, play, worship, travel and lodge, and even be buried.
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