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by Barack Obama Publisher Comments “A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Alex Haley Publisher Comments An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... (read more) Your Price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Douglas A. Blackmon Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking historical exposé, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Edward Ball Publisher Comments Slaves in the Family is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for nonfiction and hailed by The New Yorker as "a brilliant blend of archival research and oral history." First-time author and award-winning journalist Edward Ball confronts the legacy... (read more) Your Price $5.21 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Malcolm X Publisher Comments An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Frederick Douglass Publisher Comments Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass's shocking... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Martin Luther Jr. King Publisher Comments Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism.... (read more) List Price $7.00 Your Price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Angelyn Mitchell Publisher Comments ""Within the Circle" is essential reading for anyone interested in American literature, twentieth-century cultural criticism, or the African American intellectual canon. It belongs on every bookshelf and, more important, as required reading within the... (read more) Your Price $15.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Pauline E Hopkins Review "A gift to the profession (and to our students) to have the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women's Writers in affordable paperback."--Janet Gabler-Hover, Georgia State Univ. "Brilliant...her masterwork."--Eric J. Sundquist in The New York... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary Lefkowitz Publisher Comments Was Western civilization founded by ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians? Can the ancient Egyptians usefully be called black? Did the ancient Greeks borrow religion, science, and philosophy from the Egyptians and Phoenicians? Have scholars ignored the... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Marcia O Mcnair Publisher Comments ..".restores and reinforces principles of the true holiday season...defines each day with the principle, its candle color, symbol, a descriptive story of poem, and a bunch of make-it-now crafts...Recipes, too, are easy to imitate, from banana bread as a... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by William Bascom Publisher Comments These essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore. His intention was to demonstrate the African... (read more) Your Price $7.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Caroline Goeser Publisher Comments During the 1920s and 1930s, black artists and writers achieved something totally unprecedented: they created a new image of African Americans that truly reflected their times as well as their history. In so doing, they set the artistic agenda of the... (read more) Your Price $34.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Barack Obama Publisher Comments In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barack Obama Publisher Comments The junior U.S. senator from Illinois speaks out to all Americans on how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can be adapted to such controversial issues as globalization, the function of... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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