African American Experience, The: The American Mosaic (Academic) • ABC-CLIO

Developed with the guidance of African American scholars and librarians, The African American Experience offers both depth and breadth of information on African American history and culture.

The African American Experience supports research and scholarship in the field of African American Studies with a full library of works analyzing the contributions and challenges of African Americans throughout history, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection. This comprehensive database includes more than 9,000 articles, biographies, primary documents, and media. In addition to historical accounts ranging from the travails of slavery to key events of 21st-century Black history,The African American Experience offers scholarly commentary addressing African American contributions in the fields of politics, business, social and applied sciences, the military, the arts, and entertainment, keeping pace with the ongoing evolution of the African American narrative and its vital place in U.S. history.

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"ABC-CLIO has added Slave Narratives to its collection of cultural documents...These primary sources are well integrated with the historical essays. Recommended."—Library Media Connection, May 1, 2011

"These American Mosaic databases will be of interest to public, secondary, and some academic collections and can be marketed as both research and teaching tools. They offer accessible, relevant, and engaging information that will appeal to students. Recommended."—Booklist, May 1, 2012

Africa and the Atlantic, 500–1550 • Ancient African Civilizations, 500–1550 • Africa and the Atlantic World, 1441–1550	Rise of Jim Crow, 1877–1895 • Rebuilding the South, 1877–1905 • Westward Ho!, 1878–1890	Black Power Movement, 1965–1979 • Civil Rights Reignites, 1965–1968 • African Americans and the Vietnam Era, 1968–1973 • Backlash to Progress, 1973–1979
Africans in Colonial North America, 1550s–1760 • The English North American Colonies, 1619–1760 • The Spanish Colonies, 1560s–1760	The Progressive Era, 1895–1917 • Diverse Political Strategies, 1895–1915 • The Great Migration, 1910–1917	Urban Politics and the Shifting Landscape, 1979–1991 • New Leadership and Urban Change, 1979–1988 • Conservatism and the Politics of Power, 1988–1991
Hopes for a New Nation, 1763–1816 • The American Revolution, 1763–1787 • The Constitution, 1787–1800 • The Emergence of Free Black Communities, 1800–1816	World War I to the Great Depression, 1917–1939 • World War I and Racial Tensions, 1917–1921 • The Harlem Renaissance, 1920–1939 • The Great Depression, 1929–1939	The Close of the 20th Century, 1992–2000 • The Clinton Era, 1992–2000
Antebellum, 1816–1846 • The Expansion of Slavery, 1816–1846 • Abolitionism and Reform, 1816–1846	World War II and Post–War America, 1939–1950 • World War II, 1939–1945 • Post-War America, 1945–1950	New Millennium, 2001–Present • New Leadership, 2001–2008 • President Obama and Beyond, 2008–present
Civil War and Emancipation, 1846–1877 • Prelude to War, 1846–1861 • The Civil War, 1861–1865 • Reconstruction, 1865–1877	Civil Rights Movement, 1950–1965 • The Fight against Segregation, 1950–1956 • New Forms of Protest, 1957–1961 • The Apex of the Civil Rights Movement, 1962–1965

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The ABC-CLIO Solutions Academic Edition suite supplies the digital reference collections and full-text scholarship integral to undergraduate research in the humanities. In each of the suite’s 14 dynamic and discipline-specific databases, student researchers are empowered to broaden their understandings, analyze historical and societal complexities, and develop innovative and informed perspectives.

Contributions from more than 3,000 field scholars and real-time updates ensure researchers are always accessing relevant and credible material. Across all 14 databases, investigations into critical topics yield three integrated but distinct content components to support thesis-driven research:

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And a course companion, comprised of both text and video lectures, designed to reinforce coursework or drive independent study.

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