In search of the racial frontier: African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990

Chronicles the role of African-Americans in the history of the American West from 1528 to 1990, discussing their experiences with racism, social relationships with other westerners, and the challenges of everyday life.;Ch 1. Spanish Origins, 1528-1848 -- Ch 2. Slavery in the Antebellum West, 1835-65 -- Ch 3. Freedom in the Antebellum West, 1835-65 -- Ch 4. Reconstruction in the West, 1865-75 -- Ch 5. Migration and Settlement, 1875-1920 -- Ch 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the West, 1866-1917 -- Ch 7. The Black Urban West, 1870-1910 -- Ch 8. The Black Urban West, 1911-40 -- Ch 9. World War II and the Postwar Black West, 1941-50 -- Ch 10. The Civil Rights Movement in the West, 1950-70.