Black Texans : a history of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995
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E185.93.T4 B37 1996
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E185.93.T4 B37 1996
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | E185.93.T4 B37 1996 | On Shelf |
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Book
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: Austin, Tex. : Jenkins Pub. Co., 1973.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-278) and index.
Description
African Americans have lived in Texas for more than four hundred years - longer than in any other region of the United States. Beginning with the arrival of the first African American in 1528, Alwyn Barr, in Black Texans, examines the African American experience in Texas during the periods of exploration and colonization, slavery, Reconstruction, the struggle to retain the freedoms gained, the twentieth-century urban experience, and the modern civil rights movement. Barr.
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Discusses each period of African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal status; labor and economic status; education; and social life. Black Texans includes the history of the buffalo soldiers and the cowboys on Texas cattle drives, along with the achievements of notable African-American individuals in Texas history, from Estevan the explorer through legislator Norris Wright Cuney and boxer Jack Johnson to state senator Barbara Jordan. Barr carries.
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The story up to the present day in this second edition, which includes a new preface, a new chapter on the years 1970-95, and a revised index.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barr, A. (1996). Black Texans: a history of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 (2nd ed.). University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barr, Alwyn. 1996. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Barr, A. (1996). Black texans: a history of african americans in texas, 1528-1995. 2nd ed. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 2nd ed., University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
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