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Introduction. Part I: Coming to America. Chapter 1: The Soul of America. Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas. Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America. Part II: Long Road to Freedom. Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom. Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom. Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction. Part III: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement. Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow. Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954???1963. Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963???1968). Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post???Civil Rights and Beyond. Part IV: Cultural Foundations. Chapter 11: Something Borrowed, Something New: Becoming African American. Chapter 12: Somebody Say ???Amen???: The Black Church. Chapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education. Part V: A Touch of Genius: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports. Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: African American Literature. Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theatre and Dance. Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: African American Music. Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and TV. Chapter 18: Winning Ain???t Easy: Race and Sports. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 19: Ten African American Firsts. Chapter 20: Ten African American Literary Classics. Chapter 21: Ten Influential African American Artists. Index.