Meri Nana A Danquah
What does it mean to have, or to love, a black body? Taking on the challenge of interpreting the black body's dramatic role in American culture are thirty black, white, and biracial contributors—award-winning actors, artists, writers, and... (read more)
John W Blassingame
Between the covers of Slave Testimony readers will find the largest collection of annotated and authenticated accounts of slaves ever published in one volume. In them, the slaves of Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, Henry Clay, and others speak for... (read more)
A. E. Johnson
Published in 1890, this novel reflects the social reform ideology of the US women's movement in the late nineteenth century. Its theme is the destructive effect of the 'demon' alcohol on the family. The Baptist Messenger, a black religious publication... (read more)
Ivan Van Sertima
Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more)
Martin Luther King
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten... (read more)
Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch, author of the acclaimed America in the King Years, introduces selections from the trilogy in clear context and gripping detail. The King Years delivers riveting tales of everyday heroes who achieved miracles in constructive purpose and yet... (read more)
Gladys Marie Fry
During and after the days of slavery in the United States, one way in which slaveowners, overseers, and other whites sought to control the black population was to encourage and exploit a fear of the supernatural. By planting rumors of evil spirits... (read more)
Gwendolyn Dubo Shaw
This is the catalog for an exhibition held April 21 to July 2006, at
the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts. Shaw
(history of art, U. of Pennsylvania) introduces this exhibit of, and
by, African Americans, discussing it in the... (read more)
