Unlock Now Discovering Black America: From The Age Of Exploration To The Twenty-First Century Planned By Linda Tarrant-Reid Published As Digital Copy

really enjoy learning history, Especially the lesserknown parts of history, That's why I enjoy this book, It was able to teach new things about black history that I didn't know before,
I'll be honest, it took meand a half months to read this book, Not because it was bad but because it was dense with information, It almost feels like a textbook sometimes, I couldn't read it like a fiction book because I wanted to really absorb the information so it took me time to finally finish it,
But this doesn't make it bad

The author was able to explain all this information well which made it easier for me to understand, While it may feel like a textbook, it was still informative and I enjoyed reading it, I appreciated the pictures, letters, records, drawings, and maps, It added more detail to the information but was still easy to understand,

I think that people should at least learn about Black America and this book would be the best starting point

Overall,/A volume of this type and scope is basic Social Studies equipment.
The amazing aspect is its comprehensive content, Spanningyears of chronological time was remarkable, but the thoroughness of the presentation was staggering, While many of the familiar stories are here, there are dozens and dozens of less known histories of events, movements, and individuals, Individuals are presented in some kind of historical context, So a subsection dedicated to an individual does not read like an unrelated encyclopedia entry, As a whole, the structure builds toward a holistic presentation of African American history and the contribution of this slice of history to the current state of the nation.


Because the book is based mostly on text, the visuals were important for breaking up the experience and holding attention, They are all photos, paintings, diagrams and mapsno illustrations, There is no credited editor in charge of selecting these, so I have to assume TarrantReid did this herself, The permissions alone would have been daunting, so I expect there was an editor who helped, Discovering Black America is a wonderful resource, It contains exactly what it says it does, the history of Africans brought to America, what happened to them, the various circumstances that brought them there and travels through the ages to the present day, The book is in sections so one can see precolonial times, then Colonial times, and so on,

This is a handy resource for anyone looking for a quick overview of history, . . and leaves you with many interesting names and places that you can do further research on should you wish to, “Black Americans were a founding population, Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country togetherEuropeans by choice and Africans in chains, Thats not a very pretty reality of our founding, Descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that, . . That particular national birth defect makes it hard for us Americans to confront racism, hard for us to talk about it, and hard for us to realize that it has continuing relevance for who we are today.
” Condoleeza Rice Former US Secretary of State

, This book can be read as a chronological introduction to black history in America, The African American journey has been painful and unfair, beginning with the Transatlantic Slave Trade that brought Africans to North America, Throughout all of American history, from the start to the present, African Americans have endured racism, inequality, and injustice, Many of their histories have been lost from textbooks and whitewashed by blank pages, Their stories must continue to be heard, because “history never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme, ” By knowing our roots and how the present came to be, may we be able to find an understanding between each other and achieve the fact that our differences and hate are only made so because of false beliefs.


While the book provided much detailed information on the lives of African Americans and their contributions to America, I found it to be general and surfacelevel, Lots of what was said I had learned in middle school, so I wished it had delved a little deeper into the stories of black individuals in America, I would have gained more from the book if these expectations were met,
Fascinating text about black Americans, Just a little to deep for me, I really enjoyed the addition of pictures that were carefully placed to Id in undstanding, This is a very impressive effort text, photos, drawings, maps and primary source documents all come together to create a book that is compelling and interesting, Because of the many visuals, its good for browsing, but the wellresearched text is excellent for more in depth study as well, I learned a ton from reading this one! What a book, This book gives us detail of so many influential African American from early slavery to today, This book highlights the life, struggle and success of people such as: President Barrack Obama, MLK, Harriet Tubman, and etc, This book can be used for grade, Would have loved to purchase this for my library but it is too old for my under tens, . . a necessary book, well done and fascinating, and I would love to see younger "spinoffs" biographies and history for younger readers, A I didn't read the whole book, because I kept it from the library for too long and I do not like that, So, I will borrow it again soon,
But, from what I have read, which was a good amount to state my opinion, I enjoy the way the history is placed, it's informative, and reveals facts you probably never heard of.

I give this book five because, being a young woman of color, this book is a great source of our history for readers young and old, "Discovering Black America" offers readers an unprecedented account of more thanyears of African American history set against a background of American and global events, The book begins with a black sailor aboard the "Nina" with Christopher Columbus and continues through the colonial period, slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and civil rights to our current president in the White House.
Including firstperson narratives from diaries and journals, interviews, and archival images, "Discovering Black America" will give readers an intimate understanding of this extensive history, The book includes an index and bibliography,
Praise for "Discovering Black America"
STARRED REVIEW
"This handsome, engaging study of AfricanAmerican history brings to light many intriguing and tragically underreported stories, . . From attractive page design to an afterword that encourages readers to search for their own history, there has been much attention to detail in this handsome volume, "
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