Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

INTRODUCTION.

PART I: AFRICAN AND OTHER ROOTS.

PART II: AFRICANS IN EARLY NORTH AMERICA.

PART III: IN THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE).

PART IV: TRANSCULTURATION.

PART VI: THE MATURATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND THE
EMERGENCE OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS.

PART VII: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WARS "FOR DEMOCRACY".

PART VIII: GENDER AND CLASS.

PART IX: MIGRATION, RENAISSANCE AND NEW BEGINNINGS.

PART X: SEARCHING FOR PLACE.

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