The preeminent history of African-Americans, this best-selling text charts the journey of African-Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa, through slavery in the Western Hemisphere, their struggle for freedom in the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States, to the election of our first African American president. The ninth edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly rewritten and reorganized to reflect the most current scholarship on African-American history. Beginning with greater coverage of ancestral Africa, the text contains new material on African American migration, notable African American women, popular culture, and the 2008 election. The text also has a fresh new 4-color design with new charts, maps, photographs, paintings, and illustrations. Written by legendary, award-winning authors, From Slavery to Freedom remains the most revered, respected, honored text on the market.

Chapter 12 - The Meaning of Freedom: The Promise of Reconstruction, 1865-1868Chapter 13 - The Meaning of Freedom: The Failure of ReconstructionPART IVSearching for Safe SpacesChapter 14 - White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth CenturyChapter 15 - Black Southerners Challenge White SupremacyChapter 16 - Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth CenturyChapter 17 - African Americans and the 1920sPART VThe Great Depression and World War IIChapter 18 - The Great Depression and The New DealChapter 19 - Black Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940sChapter 20 - The World War II Era and Seeds of a RevolutionPART VIThe Black RevolutionChapter 21 - The Freedom Movement, 1954-1965Chapter 22 - The Struggle Continues, 1965-1980Chapter 23 - Black Politics, White Backlash, 1980 to PresentChapter 24 - African Americans in the New MilleniumEpilogue: "A Nation Within a Nation"