Dedicated to Douglas G. "Damu" Booker, 1953-1997

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Booker, Christopher B. (Christopher Brian), 1949-

"I will wear no chain!": a social history of African American males / Christopher B. Booker.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-275-95637-7 (alk. paper)

1. Afro-American men--History. 2. Afro-American men--Social conditions. 3.
Masculinity--United States--History. 4. Sex role--United States--History. I. Title.

E185.86.B635 2000
305.38'896073'09--dc21 99-086221

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Copyright © 2000 by Christopher B. Booker

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-086221
ISBN: 0-275-95637-7

First published in 2000

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgment

The author and publisher wish to acknowledge University of California Press ( Berkeley) for per-
mission to use extracts from Marcus Garvey: Life and Lessons, edited by Robert A. Hill and Barbara Bair
( 1987).

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