Download or read book The Black Experience, 1865-1978 written by Anthony J. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Experience, 1865-1978, is a collection of documents and interpretative writings relating to the history of black people in the United States since the Civil War. The documents illustrate the different attempts by black Americans to achieve an independent economic and political status against a background of white prejudice and fear of economic competition. Explanations and interpretations of white responses to black aspirations and activities are included in excerpts from the analyses of commentators and students of race relations, both black and white.