{"product_id":"becoming-african-americans-by-clare-corbould-9780674032620","title":"Becoming African Americans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, the United States census allowed respondents for the first time to tick a box marked \"African American\" in the race category. The new option marked official recognition of a term that had been gaining currency for some decades. Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the great migration of black southerners to northern cities after World War I, the search for roots and for meaningful affiliations became subjects of debate and display in a growing black public sphere. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations sought a prouder past in ancient Egypt and forged links to contemporary Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn plays, pageants, dance, music, film, literature, and the visual arts, they aimed to give stature and solidity to the American black community through a new awareness of the African past and the international black world. Their consciousness of a dual identity anticipated the hyphenated identities of new immigrants in the years after World War II, and an emerging sense of what it means to be a modern American.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecoming African Americans\u003c\/em\u003e by Clare Corbould explores this significant period in the formation of African American identity, examining the cultural and intellectual movements that shaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470068367596,"sku":"9780674032620","price":116.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674032620-becoming-african-americans.jpg?v=1775211633","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/becoming-african-americans-by-clare-corbould-9780674032620","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}