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African American Studies



African American Studies

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General
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Black Skin, White Masks
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
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A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was... (read more)

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Martin Luther King Jr
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The Measure of a Man (Facets)
The Measure of a Man (Facets)
by Martin Luther King
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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)

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Black Heritage
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Race Rebels : Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class (94 Edition)
Race Rebels : Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class (94 Edition)
by Robin D. G. Kelley
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Monthly Review It is not too much or too early to call Robin D. G. Kelley, barely thirty years old, a leading black historian of the age. But it may not be enough...His work, seen in a certain light, is less about the past than the future...To listen... (read more)

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Malcolm X
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Alex Haley
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An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... (read more)

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Slavery and Reconstruction
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Mutiny on the Amistad Rev Edition
Mutiny on the Amistad Rev Edition
by Howard Jones
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This volume presents the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. Jones describes how, in 1839, Joseph Cinque led a revolt on the Spanish slave ship... (read more)

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Civil Rights Movement
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Race Beat (06 Edition)
Race Beat (06 Edition)
by Gene Roberts
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An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press—and the journalists responsible for them—profoundly changed the nation’s thinking about civil rights in the South during the 1950s and... (read more)

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Slave Narratives
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The Bondwoman's Narrative
The Bondwoman's Narrative
by Hannah Crafts
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When Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., saw a modest auction catalogue listing for an "Unpublished Original Manuscript," he knew he could be on the verge of a major literary find. After exhaustive research, he found that the handwritten manuscript he had... (read more)

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Anthologies
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Burning All Illusions: Writings from the Nation on Race
Burning All Illusions: Writings from the Nation on Race
by Paula Giddings
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Burning All Illusions is a collection from The Nation archives of the best writing on race and civil rights from the magazine's founding in 1865 to the present. It features selections by such insurgent American writers as Martin Luther King, Jr... (read more)

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Becoming American: The African-American Journey
Becoming American: The African-American Journey
by Howard Dodson
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Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role that people of African descent have played in shaping the US and the world. Even less is known about the role of African peoples in the history of all humankind. Becoming American: The... (read more)

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Black Make Handbook (08 Edition)
Black Make Handbook (08 Edition)
by Kevin Powell
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The Black Male Handbook is a collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning. Kevin Powell taps into the social and political climate rising in the Black community, particularly as it relates to Black males. This is a must-have... (read more)

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