From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
by Jacqueline L Tobin


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This extraordinary narrative offers a fresh perspective on the Underground Railroad as it traces the perilous journeys of fugitive ex-slaves from the United States to free black settlements in Canada.... (read more)

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The Thunder of Angels: The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the People Who Broke the Back of Jim Crow
by Donnie Williams


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The heroism of those involved in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott is presented here in poignant detail. The untold stories of those whose lives were forever changed by the boycott are shared, along with a chilling glimpse into the world of the white... (read more)

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Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson
by Susan Burch


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Junius Wilson spent 76 years at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, including six in the criminal ward. He had never been declared insane by a medical professional or found guilty of any criminal charge, but he was deaf and black in the... (read more)

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Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968: An Ebony Picture Biography
by Ebony Magazine


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s love and service to humanity is vividly portrayed in this extensive collection of photographs documenting his part in the civil rights movement. Action, progress, and power are revealed with images of the meetings, marches... (read more)

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The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream
by Sheryll Cashin


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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites are inherently "unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment. The landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, sounded the death... (read more)

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Race Against Liberalism: Black Workers and the UAW in Detroit (Working Class in American History)
by David Lewis Colman


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Race against Liberalism: Black Workers and the UAW in Detroit examines how black workers' activism in Detroit shaped the racial politics of the labor movement and the white working class. Tracing substantive, longstanding disagreements between liberals... (read more)

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Hoecakes, Hambone, and All That Jazz: African American Traditions in Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers)
by Rose M Nolen


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Recalls the many advances African Americans have made throughout Missouri's history and uses the accomplishments of individuals to demonstrate the considerable contribution of African American culture to Missouri and all of the United States.... (read more)

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Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice for Freedom and Equality (Chicago Lives)
by Robert J Blakely


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The story follows Dickerson's career as general counsel to the first insurance company owned and operated by African Americans; the first African American Democratic alderman elected to the Chicago City Council; a member of FDR's first Fair Employment... (read more)

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Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations
by Roy L Brooks


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Reframing one of the most important, controversial, and misunderstood issues of modern times, this book puts forward a powerful new plan for repairing the damaged relationship between the federal government and black Americans based on a model of... (read more)

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Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans
by Kathe Russell Brown


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Protecting Our Own explores the new implications of the black protectionism phenomenon-wherein African Americans feel a protective response towards African American politicians and celebrities in legal battles-as more and more African Americans find... (read more)

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The Man Who Adores the Negro: Race and American Folklore
by Patrick B Mullen


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Drawing on over thirty-five years of fieldwork, Patrick B. Mullen considers how African American cultural representations in folklore relate to racial dynamics in the United States. Providing insight into white folklorists’ relationships with black... (read more)

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The Slave Narratives of Texas
by Ron Tyler


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Many defenders of slavery have maintained that the slaves in Texas were well-treated and happy, but as a former slave remarked, "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is--'tis he who has endured." Here are the tales of... (read more)

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Crisis of the Black Intellectual
by W D Wright


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A reexamination of Harold Cruse's classic "Crisis of the Negro Intellectual," published in 1967 at the height of the civil-rights movement and now required reading in African American studies courses, this polemic pays tribute to the earlier book's... (read more)

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Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America
by Truman K Jr Gibson


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Sixty years ago, when Truman Gibson reported for duty at the War Department, Washington, D.C. was a southern city in its unbending segregation as well as in its steamy summers. Gibson had no illusions, but as someone who'd enjoyed the best of the vibrant... (read more)

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Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons and the Search for a Room of My Own
by Patricia J Williams


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Open House strings together a delightful array of observations, reminiscences, anecdotes and commentaries by renowned columnist Patricia Williams. Written with her trademark wit and insight, she relates stories about the many facets of her life - as a... (read more)

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The Early Black History Movement, Carter G. Woodson, and Lorenzo Johnston Greene (New Black Studies)
by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie


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The men who launched and shaped black studies This book examines the lives, work, and contributions of two of the most important figures of the early black history movement, Carter G. Woodson and Lorenzo Johnston Greene. Drawing on the two men's personal... (read more)

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Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves During the Civil War
by Bruce Levine


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In early 1864, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee licked its wounds after being routed at the Battle of Chattanooga, Major-General Patrick Cleburne (the "Stonewall of the West") proposed that "the most courageous of our slaves" be trained as soldiers... (read more)

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The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification
by Caille Millner


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An extraordinary young writer's search for authenticity among the various communities of identity-black, Latino, techno-utopian, Ivy League, activist-competing for her allegiance, each with its distinct allures and perils. California saved Caille... (read more)

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