This Guide Lists The Numerous Examples Of Government Documents, Manuscripts, Books, Photographs, Recordings And Films In The Collections Of The Library Of Congress Which Examine African-american Life. Works By And About African-americans On The Topics Of Slavery, Music, Art, Literature, The Military, Sports, Civil Rights And Other Pertinent Subjects Are Discussed-- Part One: African-americans In The Antebellum Period. Slavery: The Peculiar Institution -- Free Blacks In The Antebellum Period -- Abolitionists, Antislavery Movements, And The Rise Of The Sectional Controversy -- Part Two: Forever Free: Emancipation And Beyond. The Civil War -- Reconstruction And Its Aftermath -- The Booker T. Washington Era -- Part Three: And The Pursuit Of Happiness. World War I And Postwar Society -- The Depression, The New Deal, And World War Ii -- The Civil Rights Era. Edited By Debra Newman Ham; With Contributions By Beverly Brannan... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.