From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, Volume One - Softcover

Franklin,John Hope; Moss,Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072393610 ISBN 13: 9780072393613

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999

Synopsis

The Eight Edition has been thoroughly revised to include expanded material on Africa, the history of African Americans in the Caribbean and Latin America, the current situation of African Americans in the United States, popular culture, and much more. It has also been redesigned with new charts, maps, photographs, paintings, illustrations, and color inserts. Written by distinguished and award-winning authors, retaining the same features that have made it the most popular text on African American History ever, and with fresh and appealing new features, From Slavery to Freedom remains the leading text on the market.

About this title

About the Author:

John Hope Franklin is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at Duke University. He received his Master’s degree and Doctorate from Harvard University. He has taught at Fisk, St. Augustine’s College, North Carolina Central University, Howard University. He was Chairman of the Department of History at Brooklyn College and at the University of Chicago, where he remains the John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. He was a Fullbright Professor in Australia. Dr. Franklin has published many works and most recently he was awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Award, presented by President Clinton. He holds one-hundred honorary degrees as well as the Congressional Medal of Freedom. He was recently one of seven people chosen by President Clinton for a Presidential advisory board to help foster better race relations in the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0072393610
• ISBN 13: 9780072393613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446