Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962

by Lerone Bennett
Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962

by Lerone Bennett

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Overview

The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the late 1950s to 1961, the time of publication. "Before the Mayflower" grew out of a series of articles Bennett published in Ebony magazine regarding "the trials and triumphs of a group of Americans whose roots in the American soil are deeper than the roots of the Puritans who arrived on the celebrated Mayflower a year after a 'Dutch man of war' deposited twenty Negroes at Jamestown." Bennett's history is infused with a desire to set the record straight about black contributions to the Americas and about the powerful Africans of antiquity. While not a fresh history, it provides a solid synthesis of current historical research and a lively writing style that makes it accessible and engaging reading.

After discussing the contributions of Africans to the ancient world, "Before the Mayflower" tells the history of "the other Americans," how they came to America, and what happened to them when they got here. The book is comprehensive and detailed, providing little-known and often overlooked facts about the lives of black folks through slavery, Reconstruction, America's wars, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement.

This is a classic in examining the history of African Americans from their African past through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to contemporary problems and accomplishments.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684220403
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Publication date: 10/19/2016
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 418
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.10(d)
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