{"product_id":"before-the-mayflower-a-history-of-the-negro-in-america-1619-1966","title":"Before the Mayflower A History of the Negro in America 1619-1966","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBefore the Mayflower\u003c\/i\u003e traces the rich, complex, and resilient history of Black America across four centuries. Beginning with the ancient kingdoms of West Africa—such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay—Bennett documents the Atlantic slave trade and the establishment of plantation slavery in colonial America. The narrative explores the critical contributions of Black soldiers during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the triumphs and betrayal of Reconstruction, the oppressive era of Jim Crow segregation, and the surge of the modern Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Through vivid biographical portraits of key leaders—including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King Jr.—alongside the collective experiences of ordinary people, Bennett provides a comprehensive narrative of survival, resistance, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lerone Bennett Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67596716736762,"sku":"NEI4\/26\/09272026","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/IMG_4455_4a1824cc-0759-4327-a8ea-3ab94056b8d8.jpg?v=1790595881","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/before-the-mayflower-a-history-of-the-negro-in-america-1619-1966","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}