MANNING MARABLE is Professor of Public Affairs, History, Political Science and African American Studies at Columbia University, USA, and is Director of the university's Center for Contemporary Black History. He has written and edited a number of books on Black History and Black America.

• PrefacePrologue: The Legacy of the First ReconstructionThe Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965Black Power, 1965-1970Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976From Protest to Politics: The Retreat of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982Reaction: Black Society and Politics During Reagan Conservatism, 1982-1990Into the Wilderness: The Twilight of the Second Reconstruction, 1990-2001The New Racial Domain: The Politics of Racial Inequality, 2001-2006NotesBibliographyIndex.

MANNING MARABLE is Professor of Public Affairs, History, Political Science and African American Studies at Columbia University, USA, and is Director of the university's Center for Contemporary Black History. He has written and edited a number of books on Black History and Black America.

• PrefacePrologue: The Legacy of the First ReconstructionThe Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965Black Power, 1965-1970Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976From Protest to Politics: The Retreat of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982Reaction: Black Society and Politics During Reagan Conservatism, 1982-1990Into the Wilderness: The Twilight of the Second Reconstruction, 1990-2001The New Racial Domain: The Politics of Racial Inequality, 2001-2006NotesBibliographyIndex.

MANNING MARABLE is Professor of Public Affairs, History, Political Science and African American Studies at Columbia University, USA, and is Director of the university's Center for Contemporary Black History. He has written and edited a number of books on Black History and Black America.

• PrefacePrologue: The Legacy of the First ReconstructionThe Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965Black Power, 1965-1970Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976From Protest to Politics: The Retreat of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982Reaction: Black Society and Politics During Reagan Conservatism, 1982-1990Into the Wilderness: The Twilight of the Second Reconstruction, 1990-2001The New Racial Domain: The Politics of Racial Inequality, 2001-2006NotesBibliographyIndex.