Peace be still : modern Black America from World War II to Barack Obama / Matthew C. Whitaker.

"A concise, engaging, and provocative history of African Americans since World War II, Peace Be Still is also nothing less than an alternate history of the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Organizing this history around culture, politics, and resistance, Matthew C. Whitaker...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Whitaker, Matthew C.
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Subjects:	African Americans > History > 1877-1964. African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century. African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century. African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century. African Americans > Politics and government > 21st century. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century. History. HISTORY / United States / 21st Century. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xiii, 393 pages ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

"Make Way for Democracy," 1939-1954
"Let Your Motto Be Resistance," 1954-1961
"Deep Rumbling of Discontent," 1961-1968
"So Let It Be Done," 1968-1980
"To the Break of Dawn," 1980-2000
"The Audacity of Hope," 2000-2008.