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The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why by Jabari Asim Publisher Comments A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word. The N Word reveals how the term "nigger" has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $1.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Native Son (Modern Classics) by Richard Wright Publisher Comments Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina by David Dante Troutt Publisher Comments Leading African-American scholars use post-hurricane Louisiana as a window into 21st century Black America.... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Publisher Comments The immensely rich biography of a houseand#8212;Sylvester Manor, on Shelter Island, New Yorkand#8212;and of the unknown Colonial way of life it reveals The acclaimed author and landscape historian Mac Griswold brings alive the story both of the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bad Blood by James H Jones Review James T. Patterson Author of The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture By eschewing sensationalism, Jones offers a compelling narrative that enhances our understanding of race relations in the twentieth-century South, of professionalism in... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 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&... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service 1967-1980 with DVD by David Hilliard Publisher Comments "We knew from the beginning how critical it was to have our own publication, to set forth our agenda for freedom...to urge change, to use the pen alongside the sword," writes David Hilliard in the preface to this stunning collection of pages from the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by John Russe Rickford Publisher Comments In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English "Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the elegant interweave between the language and its culture." –Ralph W. Fasold, Georgetown university "A... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Freedom in My Heart: Voices from the United States National Slavery Museum by Cynthia Jaco Carter Publisher Comments Unlike any other book on the market today, this richly illustrated companion volume uses the remarkable artifacts, images, and documents of the United States National Slavery Museum to trace the entire history of slavery in North America, from the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell Publisher Comments Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde Publisher Comments ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the authors vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lordes work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . .... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur Publisher Comments Written in solitary confinement, the author's memoir of 16 years as a gangbanger in Los Angeles makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65 by Taylor Branch Publisher Comments In the second volume of the three-part trilogy of monumental history that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Parting the Waters", Taylor Branch recreates the dramas that affected every American as the civil rights movement grew in size, impact, and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America by Peniel E Joseph Publisher Comments Once in a while a book comes along that projects the spirit of an era; this is one of them . . . Vibrant and expressive . . . A well-researched and well-written work.” The Philadelphia Inquirer With the rallying cry of Black... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells by Mia Bay Publisher Comments Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, womens rights advocate, and journalist. Wellss refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a “dangerous radical” in her day but... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson Publisher Comments "Before I wanted to write the world, I sought to right it," declares Michael Eric Dyson. As one of America's most visible, inspirational, and quotable public intellectuals, Dyson has weighed in on a vast array of issues. In his books and newspaper... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches by Malcolm X Publisher Comments Malcolm X gave black Americans not only their consciousness, but their history, their dignity, and a new pride. No single individual can claim a more important responsibility for a sociological and historical leap forward such as the one sparked in... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor Publisher Comments Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey (River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize) by Ana Maria Spagna Publisher Comments Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. In January 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other young men waited to board a city bus called the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression: The Black Panther Party (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) by Christian Davenport Publisher Comments This book examines information reported within the media regarding the interaction between the Black Panther Party and government agents in the Bay Area of California (1967 1973). Christian Davenport argues that the geographic locale and political... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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