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Children of Fire : a History of African Americans by Thomas C. Holt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Children of Fire : a History of African Americans about?

Ordinary people don't experience history as it is taught by historians. They live across the convenient chronological divides we impose on the past. The same people who lived through the Civil War and the eradication of slavery also dealt with the hardships of Reconstruction, so why do we almost always treat them separately? In __Children of Fire__, renowned historian Thomas C. Holt challenges this form to tell the story of generations of African Americans through the lived experience of the subjects themselves, with all of the nuances, ironies, contradictions, and complexities one might expect. Building on seminal books like John Hope Franklin's __From Slavery to Freedom__ and many others, Holt captures the entire African American experience from the moment the first twenty African slaves were sold at Jamestown in 1619. Each chapter focuses on a generation of individuals who shaped the course of American history, hoping for a better life for their children but often confronting the ebb and flow of their civil rights and status within society. Many familiar faces grace these pages—Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, and Barack Obama—but also some overlooked ones.

Who reads Children of Fire : a History of African Americans?

Author

Thomas C. Holt

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429965514

Category

nonfiction