The African American Experience

The American Mosaic (Academic)

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Topics	Race and Ethnicity/African American Studies
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978-1-59884-554-9

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Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience has the widest depth and breadth of information available of any online database collection on African American history and culture.

The African American Experience supports research and scholarship in the field of African American Studies with a full library of works analyzing the contributions and challenges of African Americans throughout history, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection. This comprehensive database of more than 8,000 articles, biographies, primary documents, and media is overseen by leading scholars in the field, including Spencer Crew, PhD, interim director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In addition to historical accounts ranging from the travails of slavery to contemporary evidence of institutionalized racism, The African American Experience offers scholarly commentary addressing African American contributions in the fields of politics, business, social and applied sciences, the military, the arts, and entertainment, keeping pace with the ongoing evolution of the African American narrative and its vital place in U.S. history.

Highlights

More than 80 scholarly articles
8,000 primary and secondary sources
More than 1,000 biographies of such noted political and social figures as W. E. B. DuBois, Barack Obama, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Amiri Baraka, Muhammad Ali, Drake, and Oprah Winfrey
More than 1,400 photographs, maps, and other images

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Advisory Board

Spencer R. Crew is the interim director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He is also the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University.

Vicki Ruiz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine.

Joe Watkins, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is a Research Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Marian Perales is an Editorial Specialist for ABC-CLIO's American History and the American Mosaic databases. She received an MA in U.S. history from The Claremont Graduate University.

Topic Centers

Africa and the Atlantic, 500–1550 • Ancient African Civilizations, 500–1550 • Africa and the Atlantic World, 1441–1550	Rise of Jim Crow, 1877–1895 • Rebuilding the South, 1877–1905 • Westward Ho!, 1878–1890 • Violence and Jim Crow, 1880s–1895	Black Power Movement, 1965–1979 • Civil Rights Reignites, 1965–1968 • African Americans and the Vietnam Era, 1968–1973 • Backlash to Progress, 1973–1979
Africans in Colonial North America, 1550s–1760 • The English North American Colonies, 1619–1760 • The Spanish Colonies, 1560s–1760	The Progressive Era, 1895–1917 • Diverse Political Strategies, 1895–1915 • The Great Migration, 1910–1917	Urban Politics and the Shifting Landscape, 1979–1991 • New Leadership and Urban Change, 1979–1988 • Conservatism and the Politics of Power, 1988–1991
Hopes for a New Nation, 1763–1816 • The American Revolution, 1763–1787 • The Constitution, 1787–1800 • The Emergence of Free Black Communities, 1800–1816	World War I to the Great Depression, 1917–1939 • World War I, 1917–1919 • The Harlem Renaissance, 1920–1939 • The Great Depression, 1929–1939	Dawning of a New Era, 1992–2000 • The Clinton Era and the Pulse of the New Day, 1992–1995 • Federal Policy Changes, 1995–1998
Antebellum, 1816–1846 • The Expansion of Slavery, 1816–1846 • Abolitionism and Reform, 1816–1846	World War II and Post–War Integration, 1939–1954 • World War II, 1939–1945 • The Cold War, 1945–1960	New Millennium, 2001–present • New Leadership, 2001–2008 • Hope Comes Back to Life, 2008–present
Civil War and Emancipation, 1846–1877 • Prelude to War, 1846–1861 • The Civil War, 1861–1865 • Reconstruction, 1865–1877	Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 • New Forms of Protest, 1954–1957 • Struggles for Freedom, 1957–1960 • The Apex of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1965

Reviews/Endorsements

Reviews

"ABC-CLIO has added Slave Narratives to its collection of cultural documents...These primary sources are well integrated with the historical essays. Recommended."—Library Media Connection

"These American Mosaic databases will be of interest to public, secondary, and some academic collections and can be marketed as both research and teaching tools. They offer accessible, relevant, and engaging information that will appeal to students. Recommended."—Booklist

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