Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528–1995 - Softcover

Barr, Alwyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080612878X ISBN 13: 9780806128788

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996

Synopsis

African American 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 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 the Estevan the explorer through legislator Norris Wright Cuney and boxer Jack Johnson to state senator Barbara Jordan. Barr carries 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Alwyn Barr is Professor of History at Texas Tech University and the author of Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politic, 1876-1906 and Texas in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835.

Review:

Black Texans is the history of African Americans in Texas from 1528 to 1995. those dates mean that Blacks have lived in Texas for more than 400 years - longer than in any other region of the United States. Black Texans examines the periods of exploration and colonization, slavery, Reconstruction, the struggle to retain the freedoms gained, the 20th century urban experience, and the modern civil rights movement. Alwyn Bar covers each of these periods in terms of their 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 state senator Barbara Jordan. Black Texans is a "must" for all Black Studies and Western American History collections. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 080612878X
• ISBN 13: 9780806128788
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304