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African American Studies


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Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy
Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy
by Gary May
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When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, however, white segregationists across the South counterattacked, driving their black countrymen... (read more)

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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (P.S.)
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (P.S.)
by Rachel L. Swarns
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Michelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story—a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations. In this prodigiously researched epic, New York Times correspondent Rachel L. Swarns traces that complex... (read more)

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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
by Melissa V. Harris-perry
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This groundbreaking book brings to light derogatory stereotypes that shape the experiences of African American women, then assesses the emotional and political costs of the struggle to counteract such negative assumptions.... (read more)

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Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
by Jonathan Rieder
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"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on... (read more)

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Racism in the Nation's Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America
Racism in the Nation's Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America
by Eric S. Yellin
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Between the 1880s and 1910s, thousands of African Americans passed civil service exams and became employed in the executive offices of the federal government. However, by 1920, promotions to well-paying federal jobs had nearly vanished for black workers.... (read more)

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The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter
by Mary Williams
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A daughter of the Black Panther movement tells her remarkable life story of being raised amid violence and near-poverty, adopted as a teenager by Jane Fonda, and finding her way back home.   As she grew up in 1970s Oakland, California, role models... (read more)

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Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington's Race Riot of 1835
Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington's Race Riot of 1835
by Jefferson Morley
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In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen, who stumbled home drunkenly one night... (read more)

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Maroon the Implacable: The Collected Writings of Russell Maroon Shoatz
Maroon the Implacable: The Collected Writings of Russell Maroon Shoatz
by Russell Maroon Shoatz
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During a lengthy incarceration spent mostly in solitary confinement, Russell Maroon Shoatz has developed into a prolific writer and powerful voice for the disenfranchised. This first published collection of his accumulated works showcases his sharp... (read more)

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Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
by Bruce A. (edt) Glasrud
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BRUCE A. GLASRUD is the retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University and a professor emeritus of history at California State University, Hayward. His most recent title for Texas A&M University Press is African... (read more)

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Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights
Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights
by Pete Daniel
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Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the... (read more)

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Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet: America's New Dilemma
Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet: America's New Dilemma
by D. Marvin Jones
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Increasingly, police, politicians, and late-night talk show hosts portray today's inner cities as violent, crime-ridden war zones. The same moral panic that once focused on blacks in general has now been refocused on urban spaces and the black men who... (read more)

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Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century)
Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century)
by Simon Henderson
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America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark
America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark
by Nikki M Taylor
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The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation
The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation
by Reiland Rabaka
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The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation
The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation
by Reiland Rabaka
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