Milestone Documents in African American History
Exploring the Essential Primary Sources
Dallas, Tex. : Schlager Group, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: 4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Among the documents included in the set are important legislative documents such as the Reconstruction era amendments; critical Supreme Court decisions from Dred Scott v. Sandford to Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education; and iconic speeches and writings by leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, and Barack Obama. Key congressional reports, executive orders, and letters help round out our coverage, providing an invaluable collection of primary documents that is paired with extensive original commentary that helps students understand the documents.
Series: Milestone documents.
Contents:
v. 1. 1619-1852 -- v. 2. 1853-1900 -- v. 3. 1901-1964 -- v. 4. 1965-2009.
Subjects:
African Americans -- History -- Sources.
United States -- History -- African Americans -- Sources.
African Americans -- History -- Sources.
United States -- History -- African Americans -- Sources.
ISBN:
9781935306054 (set)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
REF HISTORY US Mil V.1 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
REF HISTORY US Mil V.2 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
REF HISTORY US Mil V.3 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
REF HISTORY US Mil V.4 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
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Includes bibliographical references.