African American Chronology

Where were the first African American churches founded? When did Frederick Douglass deliver his first anti-slavery speech? Who de-segregated Major League Baseball? The turbulent history of African Americans unfolds in historical waves, through rights and injustices, migration, inventions and art, protests, legislation, and accomplishments. From the first recorded arrival of Africans in the New World to the death of Rosa Parks, a chronology of events ties history together for the reader, giving a greater sense of the struggle, alienation, and triumph of blacks in America.

The African American Chronology introduces the student researcher to the most impactful events in African American history, drawing from such categories as: Abolitionism, civil rights, economics, marriage, religion, media, literature, science, crime and war.

Organized by date and including entries through 2005, the Chronology is one of the most accessible and current of its kind. The fascinating historical record is illuminated through primary source sidebars, illustrations, a glossary, print and online bibliography, and index.

KWANDO M. KINSHASA is Associate Professor of Sociology, and Chair, African American Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He is author of Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of the Civil War (forthcoming in 2006), The Man From Scottsboro: Clarence Norris and the Infamous 1931 Alabama Rape Trial, in His Own Words (1998), and Emigration vs. Assimilation: The Debate in the African American Press: 1827-1861 (1988). His research interests include 19th-Century history with particular emphasis on the sociological consequences of migration and emigration patterns within African American communities.