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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion by Stephen B Oates Publisher Comments The bloody slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831, and the savage reprisals that followed, shattered beyond repair the myth of the contented slave and the benign master and intensified the forces of change that would plunge America into... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story (King Legacy) by Martin Luther King Synopsis This classic story of nonviolent resistance in America--the Montgomery bus boycott--shows how much the movement can accomplish. King shares his inspirations for the resistance in a work that inspired many and will continue to bring hope for peaceful... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson Publisher Comments The Autobiography of a Boy of Summer Who Became a Man for All Seasons Before Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier,... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D G Kelley Publisher Comments . . . [a] bold and provocative celebration of the black radical imagination in the 20th century.” The New York Times Book Review Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Washington Publisher Comments "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years) by Taylor Branch Publisher Comments At andlt;iandgt;Canaan's Edgeandlt;/iandgt; concludes andlt;iandgt;America in the King Years,andlt;/iandgt; a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault Publisher Comments The saga of the Freedom Rides is an improbable, almost unbelievable story. In the course of six months in 1961, four hundred and fifty Freedom Riders expanded the realm of the possible in American politics, redefining the limits of dissent and setting... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bad Blood by James H Jones Review James T. Patterson Author of The Dread Disease: Cancer & 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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Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln by John Stauffer Publisher Comments Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning HarvardUniversity scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier Publisher Comments An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on “the blocks” of one of New Yorks most diverse... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Walking With the Wind by John Lewis Publisher Comments Congressman John Lewis takes readers inside the civil rights movement in Walking with the Wind and shares rare insight into the personalities at its heart. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Congressman John Lewis... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Black Feminist Voices in Politics by Evelyn Simien Publisher Comments Studies black feminist approaches to political science and African American women as political actors.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Black History of the White House (Open Media) by Clarence Lusane Publisher Comments The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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"All Labor Has Dignity" (King Legacy) by Martin Luther Jr King Publisher Comments An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870 by Hugh Thomas Publisher Comments After many years of research, award-winning historian Hugh Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. Beginning with the first Portuguese slaving expeditions, he describes and analyzes the rise of one of the largest... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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