History Books › images of america african americans

African Americans in Lafayette and Southwest Louisiana

Images of America: African Americans in Lafayette and Southwest Louisiana sheds a spotlight on some of the heroes and heroines of Southwest Louisiana. This area of the state is especially diverse and includes people who describe themselves as... more

Images of America: African Americans in Chicago (Paperback)

Here is the black Chicago family album of African Americans leaving the violent racist South and goin to Chicago to find the American Dream. The story of black Chicago is so rich that few know it all. It began long before the city itself. Wells the... more

Images of America: African Americans in Vallejo (Paperback)

African Americans have been part of the Vallejo mosaic since 1850 the year of the North Bay city s birth. John Grider a Tennessee native and former slave who arrived in Vallejo in 1850 was one of the city s earliest residents and a veteran of the... more

Images of America: African Americans of Portland (Paperback)

The prolific journey of African Americans in Portland is rooted in the courageous determination of black pioneers to begin anew in an unfamiliar and often hostile territory. Amazingly a small population of African Americans settled in Portland... more

Images of America: African Americans of Pine Bluff and Jefferson County (Paperback)

Pine Bluff/Jefferson County has been one of the Arkansas Delta s most culturally rich areas since its inception in 1829. Serving as a haven for runaway slaves during the late years of the Civil War the area attracted droves of African Americans... more

Images of America: African Americans of Orangeburg County (Paperback)

Images of America: African Americans of Orangeburg County explores the lives of African Americans in Orangeburg and some of the surrounding towns during the 20th century. Orangeburg has been called the little town with the big history --and that it... more

Pre-Owned African Americans in Springfield (Images of America) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Images of America: African American Topeka (Paperback)

African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Migration of 1910. They came in protest of the treatment they received in the South. The history of... more

Images of America: African Americans of Galveston (Paperback)

In the 19th century Galveston shores were a gateway for immigrants to Texas and destinations beyond. Slaves the forced immigrants were brought to Galveston as property for sale. The largest slave trade operation in Galveston was implemented by Jean... more

Images of America Five Points Neighborhood of Denver (Paperback)

By the 1870s the word was out about Colorado. East coast and Midwest prospectors European immigrants and African Americans newly freed from slavery rushed to Denver to find work and their fortune in silver and gold. Captured here in almost 200 vintage more

Images of America: African Americans of Round Top (Paperback)

Round Top s African American pioneers came into Texas in 1825 when Stephen F. Austin brought in 300 Anglo-Americans and the people they enslaved for the purpose of colonizing the area. Soon afterward more slaves were bought in from other... more

Images of America: Dunleith (Paperback)

Dunleith a community just two miles south of Wilmington arose in the early 1950s and was the first African American housing development marketed in Delaware. African Americans many of whom were World War II veterans teachers and blue-collar workers... more

Pre-Owned African Americans of San Francisco (Images of America) Paperback

9780738576190. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified Halftones black & white Maps. Images of America. Beginning in the 1840s black men and women... more

Images of America: African-American Education in Westmoreland County (Paperback)

Primarily known as the birthplace of three prominent and celebrated Americans our nation s first and fifth presidents and the South s most revered general during the War between the States Westmoreland County enjoys a fascinating and diverse history... more

Images of America: Early Kansas City Missouri (Paperback)

In 1821 François Chouteau set up a fur-trading outpost along the Missouri River bringing the first settlement of Europeans to what would become Kansas City named after the Kansa tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the area. At the center of a... more

America a journal for Americans. Volume v.1 1888:Apr.-Sept. 1888 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

America a journal for Americans. Volume v.1 1888:Oct./1889:Mar. 1889 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

America a journal for Americans. Volume v.4 1890 1890 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

America a journal for Americans. Volume v.3 1889/90 1890 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

America a journal for Americans. Volume v.2 1889 1889 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

Long History of American Caste: Long History of American Caste: How Brutal Misperceptions about Race have Disfigured the American Experiment? - The piers Beneath The Surface of Caste System - Book 1 (

Long History of American Caste describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system. America is like the caste systems of Nazi Germany and modern India. African-Americans are considered lower in society s hierarchy. Subsequently they... more

Blackface Minstelsy in Aurora Illinois (Hardcover)

Blackface minstrelsy is a sensitive subject associated with racism and stereotypes of African Americans. It is well-documented in the archives of American history as well as in those of Aurora Illinois. The images and photographs in this book are... more

Pre-Owned Building a New World : African Americans in America 1500-1900 9780791031445

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America s Struggle Over Black Family Life -- From LBJ to Obama (Paperback)

On June 4 1965 President Lyndon Johnson delivered what he and many others considered the greatest civil rights speech of his career. Proudly Johnson hailed the new freedoms granted to African Americans due to the newly passed Civil Rights Act and... more

America and Germany: a text book of the war being the fourth edition of A primer of the war for Americans. 1914 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

Eyewitness to History: Documents of the Harlem Renaissance (Hardcover)

This book explores the transformative energy and excitement that African Americans expressed in aesthetic and civic currents that percolated during the opening of the 20th century and proved to be a force in the modernization of America. This... more

Black America: African Americans of Eastern Long Island (Paperback)

This is the story of a people who have made a significant although unsung contribution to Eastern Long Island: the African Americans. Based on specific success stories African Americans of Eastern Long Island offers a wide array of individuals who... more

Images of America: Anniston (Paperback)

Once known as Pine Ankle and sparsely populated with farms Anniston Alabama has seen a multitude of changes over the course of its history. Founded on land that was originally home to Native Americans the town was created by Samuel Noble and General... more

Images of America: Alpine Township (Paperback)

Alpine Township s roots are in harvesting. Native Americans harvested cranberries near a lake by the same name Cranberry Lake. After logging out the forested area of the township starting 160 years ago farmers found peach trees then apples and a... more

Images of America: Bath Township (Paperback)

Bath Township was sculpted from the Western Reserve after Native Americans ceded the land to the United States at the 1805 Treaty of Fort Industry. Captured here in over 200 vintage photographs is the development of the area into Bath Township... more

Black America: Iowa s Black Legacy (Paperback)

African Americans make up only a small minority of Iowa s population but contrary to widespread belief there is a very rich historical culture of African Americans throughout the state. This photographic history focuses on that heritage and... more

Images of America: The Machias Bay Region (Paperback)

The Machias Bay Region has a rich multicultural heritage. For eons Native Americans of various tribes journeyed to the shores of the Machias River each September for an annual gathering. The earliest European visitors to the region may have been... more

Images of America: Wayne Township (Paperback)

Using over two hundred historical photographs Wayne Township offers a unique view of a town that has undergone great change in its lifetime. Wayne was traversed by Native Americans for thousands of years before Dutch businessmen and farmers settled... more

Images of America: The Old Orchard (Paperback)

The Old Orchard boasts miles of sandy beaches which were once home to Native Americans and settlers but are now booming with tourism. From Pine Point in the north to Goosefare Brook in the south Old Orchard boasts miles of marvelous sandy beaches.... more

Images of America: Rogers Park (Paperback)

Rogers Park bears the name of Philip McGregor Rogers an intrepid and enterprising Irish immigrant who purchased the first tract of land in the area in the 1830s a time when it was prairie and woodland populated by Native Americans and white birch... more

Images of America: Around North Collins (Paperback)

Southern Erie County around North Collins was originally inhabited by the Seneca Nation of Native Americans. Beginning in the late 1790s English Quakers moving west from New England arrived and as the 1800s progressed waves of German and Italian... more

Exodus! : Religion Race and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America (Paperback)

No other story in the Bible has fired the imaginations of African Americans quite like that of Exodus. Its tale of suffering and the journey to redemption offered hope and a sense of possibility to people facing seemingly insurmountable evil.... more

Images of America: Lexington Firefighting (Hardcover)

In 1790 when the pioneer settlement of Lexington Kentucky was still concerned with hostile attacks by Native Americans the Lexington Fire Company was formed by volunteers to protect against fires. The company was the first fire department west of... more