"African American Women Confront the West, 1600 2000" is the first major historical anthology on the topic. The editors argue that African American women in the West played active, though sometimes unacknowledged, roles in shaping the political, ideological, and social currents that have influenced the United States over the past three centuries.
Contributors to this volume explore African American women s life experiences in the West, their influences on the experiences of the region s diverse peoples, and their legacy in rural and urban communities from Montana to Texas and from...
"African American Women Confront the West, 1600 2000" is the first major historical anthology on the topic. The editors argue that African American...
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual--and far more complex--reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers--men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet...
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged E...
