| Introduction.
Part I: Coming to America.
Chapter 1: The Soul of America.
Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas.
Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America.
Part II: Long Road to Freedom.
Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom.
Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom.
Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction.
Part III: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement.
Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow.
Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1963.
Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963–1968).
Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post–Civil Rights and Beyond.
Part IV: Cultural Foundations.
Chapter 11: Something Borrowed, Something New: Becoming African American.
Chapter 12: Somebody Say “Amen”: The Black Church.
Chapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education.
Part V: A Touch of Genius: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports.
Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: African American Literature.
Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theatre and Dance.
Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: African American Music.
Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and TV.
Chapter 18: Winning Ain’t Easy: Race and Sports.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten African American Firsts.
Chapter 20: Ten African American Literary Classics.
Chapter 21: Ten Influential African American Artists.
Index.
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