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The black experience in America—starting from its origins in western Africa up to the present day—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 1960s and 1970s. The most recent scholarship on the geographic, social, economic, and cultural journeys of African Americans, together with vivid portraits of … More >>
Before the Mayflower is a historical book is something I used to have my students to have a clearer understanding of African Americans in the United States. The statement of Mr. Bennett is easy and very exciting. By reading this book, you get to know things and see the black Americans in a light like never before!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a fascinating book that once started, is hard to stop. Be careful – only emotionally safe, mentally stable people with a global perspective and genuine desire to learn you can appreciate the depth, scope and significance of this book. This will be a very difficult book for some on both sides of the color line. One wonders in the Bible “the first shall be last and the last shall be first …” Hmmm. .
Rating: 5 / 5
This book discusses some surprising aspects of history that I never knew any other place. For example, explores how the “Emancipation Proclimation” actually do nothing to help the slaves of America. Why is only granted freedom to slaves in the south, where Lincoln had no real jurisdiction, since it has no control of the south at that time. Could free the slaves in the north too, but did not. This is just one example.
Rating: 5 / 5
great book! Read source for over 30 years. I like being able to replace the lost volume.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is a good reference for anyone who wants to gain more knowledge from the experience of the first African American slavery and after. There is so much more to the story to be African-American slaves in the United States. In this book you learn today a little “of African civilization, slavery, slavery and the post office.
Rating: 4 / 5