TY - BOOK AU - Barr,Alwyn TI - The African Texans SN - 9781603446259 AV - E185.93.T4 -- B36 2004eb U1 - 976.4/00496073 PY - 2004/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - African Americans -- Texas -- History KW - Free African Americans -- Texas -- History KW - Slaves -- Texas -- History KW - Freedmen -- Texas -- History KW - African Americans -- Migrations -- History KW - Migration, Internal -- United States -- History KW - Texas -- Social conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Free African Americansbefore the Civil War -- Chapter 2 Enslaved African Americansbefore the Civil War -- Chapter 3 Life after Emancipation -- Chapter 4 From Discrimination to Participationduring the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 5 Voting, Desegregation, andEconomic Opportunity in the LateTwentieth Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index N2 - This five-volume set, published in collaboration with the Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, explores the social and cultural contributions made to the Lone Star State by five distinctive cultural groups and is excellent for school libraries and classroom use by seventh-grade levels. Features include: · a wealth of illustrations · boxed biographical sketches · excerpts from vintage publications · English translations of ethnic poetry and prose · recipes for traditional dishes · immigration statistics. Barr examines the contributions that African Texans have made to the Lone Star State over the past several centuries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3038005 ER -