TY - BOOK AU - Holt,Thomas C. TI - Children of fire: a history of African Americans SN - 9780809067138 AV - E185 U1 - 973/.0496073 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Hill and Wang KW - African Americans KW - History KW - Class of Fall 2008 KW - Citigroup Fellow KW - Fellow KW - Written at the Academy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Middle passages, middlemen : Europe, Africa, America, and the slave trade -- Many thousands born : the roots of African America -- Slaves and citizens : African America in the age of Revolution -- "A new birth of freedom" : the destruction of slavery and Reconstruction of Black life -- Ragtime : race and nation at the dawn of the 20th century -- "A second emancipation" : the great migrations of the twentieth century -- "A second Reconstruction" : the freedom movement -- Citizens of the nation, citizens of the world : African America in the 21st century ER -