@article{305081,
      recid = {305081},
      author = {Horton, James Oliver.},
      title = {Landmarks of African American history /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {207 p. :},
      year = {2005},
      note = {"Published in association with the National Register of  Historic Places, National Park Service, and the National  Parks Foundation"--T.p. verso.},
      abstract = {Describes a variety of landmarks and buildings that  represent the experiences and accomplishments of African  Americans throughout the history of the United States. In  Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton  chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles  and triumphs of African Americans and how they helped shape  the rich and varied history of the United States. Horton  begins with the first Africans brought to Jamestown,  Virginia, and the start of slavery in the colonies that  became the United States. Boston's Old State House provides  the backdrop to the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, the  former slave killed in the Boston Massacre, the  confrontation with British troops that led to the American  Revolution. After the Civil War, former slaves settled the  desolate area of Nicodemus, Kansas, and turned it into a  thriving community. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl  Harbor, Hawaii, and Boston's Old State House illustrate  African American contributions to the defense of their  country and reveal racial tensions within the military. And  the black students who demanded service at Woolworth's  racially segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North  Carolina, launched the sit-in movement and advanced the  fight for civil rights. Horton brings together a wide  variety of African American historical sites to tell of the  glory and hardship, of the great achievement and  determination, of the people and events that have shaped  the values, ideals, and dreams of our nation.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/305081},
}