Edited by Thomas C. Battle and Donna M. Wells

Forward by John Hope Franklin

Afterword by Charles R. Blockson

Chapter 1. African Exploration and Trade, 1434-1800
The African Diaspora: Reexamining the Sources
by Joseph Harris

The Image of Africa in the Age of Exploration
by Allison Blakely  

Chapter 2. The Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1450-1860s
The Transatlantic Slave System
by Greg E. Carr

Becoming African American
by De Witt S. Dykes, Jr

Chapter 3. The Experience of Enslavement, 1619-1865
Slavery and the Americas
by Thomas C. Battle

Enslaved Children in the United States
by Wilma King  

Chapter 4. Antebellum, 1786-1861
Africans in America: The Antebellum Years
by Debra Newman Ham

The Black Press in Antebellum America
by Clint C. Wilson II  

Chapter 5. Runaways, Rebellions, and Abolitionism, 1700-1865
Pathway to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
by Spencer R. Crew

The Church’s Role in 19th-Century Abolition
by Ida E. Jones  

Chapter 6. The Civil War, 1861-1865
The Era of the Civil War
by Edna Medford

Soldiers and Sailors of the Union
by Joseph P. Reidy

Chapter 7. Post-Civil War, 1865-1878 
The Quest for Freedom and Reconciliation
by Arnold H. Taylor

Howard University, 1867-1910
by Clifford L. Muse, Jr.

Chapter 8. Life and War Under Jim Crow, 1890-1945
The American Negro Military Experience
by William F. Holton

The Moens Affair:   Washington Between the Wars
by Donna M. Wells

Chapter 9. The New Negro, 1920-1939
The Great Migration
by Emory Joel Tolbert  

Alain Locke
by Jeffrey C. Stewart

Chapter 10.  Civil Rights, 1941-1968 
Political Philosophy of the Civil Rights Movement
by James Turner

The Black Panthers
by W. Paul Coates

Chapter 11. The Black Arts Movement, 1960s-1970s
Howard University and the Black Arts Movement
by Sandra G. Shannon  

The Space in Between: Research and Advocacy
by Deborah Willis  

Chapter 12. Leadership, 1970s-
Challenges of Black
Leadership in the 21st Century
by Ronald Walters  

The Field of Black Studies
by Deidre Hill Butler