"I Will Wear No Chain!" A Social History of African American Males

Subjects:

• History » American History (General)
• Sociology » Men's Studies
• Multicultural Studies » Black Studies

Awards:

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2001

Reviews:

• A splendid, compelling achievement for all collections.
  —Choice

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Slavery and the Development of Black Male Masculinity, 1619-1860
• The Context of Black Masculine Development during the Antebellum Era
• The Development of African American Masculinity among Free Black Males 1619-1861
• The Civil War and the Black Male
• African American Males and the Challenge of Emancipation, 1865-1895
• Booker T. Washington, Accommodationism, and Black Masculinity
• Black Males, Race Riots, and the Scourge of Lynching
• Marcus Garvey and the New Negro Man
• The Emergence of the Urban Black Male: African American Males and Increasing Black Power, 1945-1972
• African American Males in Contemporary Society, 1972-Present