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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA By Norman Coombs CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments The Human Cradle West African Empires The Culture of West Africa The Slave Trade Caribbean Interlude The Shape of American Slavery North American and South American Slavery Slavery and the Formation of Character Slave Response Slavery and the American Revolution Slave Insurrections Growing Racism Black Moderates and Militants White Liberals Growth of Extremism Blue, Gray, and Black Reconstruction and Its Failure The New Racism Fighting Jim Crow Making the World Safe for Democracy Urban Riots The Klan Revival The Debate Over Means and Ends Booker T. Washington: The Trumpet of Conciliation W. E. B. DuBois: The Trumpet of Confrontation Marcus Garvey: The Trumpet of Pride A. Philip Randolph: The Trumpet of Mobilization Immigration and Migration Harlem: "The Promised Land" The Negro Renaissance Black Nationalism Hard Times Again The Second World War The U.S. and the U.N. Schools and Courts The Civil Rights Movement Civil Disorders Black Power Epilogue

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