"If you are weak of heart..." Muhammad Iqbal
"If you are weak of heart, stay away from me,
For my song drips blood"
"From Slavery to Freedom: A History of the American Negro" John Hope Franklin (Alfred A. Knopf Company, 1947)
foto: "From Slavery to Freedom" John Hope Franklin (Edition 1969) Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to Freedom has stood as the definitive his-tory of African Americans. Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., give us a vividly detailed account of the journey of African Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa, through their years of slavery in the New World, to the successful struggle for freedom and its aftermath in the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States. The book deals in considerable detail with the period after slavery, including the arduous struggle for first-class citizenship that has extended into the twentieth century. Many developments in recent African American history are examined, including demographic change; educational efforts; literary and cultural changes; problems in housing, health, juvenile matters, and poverty; the expansion of the black middle class; and the persistence of discrimination...
