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Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa
by James T. Campbell  Publisher Comments Founded by free people of color in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the American Revolution, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church emerged in the nineteenth century as the preeminent black institution in the United States. In 1896, the church...
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By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife
by John Michael Vlach Publisher Comments In this book, America's foremost scholar of African-American folklife revolutionizes our understanding of Afro-American material culture. Bringing to the essays his extensive research into the written, oral, and material sources of Afro-American culture...
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Brotherman
by Herb Boyd Publisher Comments "[AN] OUTSTANDING COLLECTION...<BR>The powerful opening excerpt by Frederick Douglass evokes his boyhood as a slave, and the collection closes with an eloquent discussion of the race problem today by Cornel West. A distinguished addition to black...
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Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 (Politics, History, and Culture)
by Kali N. Gross Publisher Comments Colored Amazons is a groundbreaking historical analysis of the crimes, prosecution, and incarceration of black women in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. Kali N. Gross reconstructs black women's crimes and their representations in...
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Stories of Freedom in Black New York
by Shane White Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249) and index....
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Worlds Great Men of Color Volume 1
by J A Rogers Publisher Comments An eye-opening account of the great black personalities of world history. <P>In this first volume: outstanding blacks of Asia and Africa, and historical figures before Christ-- including Akhenaton, Aesop, Hannibal, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Askia the...
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Many Minds, One Heart: Sncc's Dream for a New America
by Wesley C Hogan Publisher Comments How did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee break open the caste system in the American South between 1960 and 1965? In this innovative study, Wesley Hogan explores what SNCC accomplished and, more important, "how" it fostered significant...
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Black Resistance / White Law : a History of Constitutional Racism in America ((Rev)94 Edition)
by Mary Frances Berry Publisher Comments Unavailable for a decade and now completely updated for the 1990s, this landmark book shows how the American government has used the Constitution to maintain a racist status quo. Berry analyzes the reasons why African Americans whose lives have improved...
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The Mark of Zion: Congregational Life in Black Churches
by Stephen C Rasor Publisher Comments The companion book in "The Shape of Zion. Leadership and Life in Black Chamber is the only Gallip-supported national sample of black relignary. Rasor and Dash propose that the black experiences in America offers a significance presence in the religious...
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Race, Reform and Rebellion : Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945-2006 (3RD 07 Edition)
by Manning Marable Publisher Comments An updated edition of a book that has become a standard in the study of African American...
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Working Cures (02 Edition)
by Sharla M. Fett Publisher Comments Exploring the charged topic of black health under slavery, Sharla Fett reveals how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery, and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South. <P>Fett shows how enslaved men and...
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Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro: A Documentary History
by Walter T. Howard Publisher Comments Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro, an account of a neglected chapter in the story of the Scottsboro saga, gives voice to a segment of the African American community that has often been ignored or distorted: black Communists....
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Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
by Velma Maia Thomas Publisher Comments Richly designed, this historical document is an ingenious, interactive, three-dimensional experience that dramatically addresses the painful history of America and the slave trade. Based on the Black Holocaust Exhibit, "Lest We Forget" is history brought...
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The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible
by Allen Dwig Callahan Publisher Comments The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery’s secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today’s hip...
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Sepia Dreams: A Celebration of Black Achievement Through Words and Images
by Matthew Jorda Smith Publisher Comments Sepia Dreams is a collection of wise words from and beautiful images of fifty black celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, art, sports, and more. Speaking candidly about the motivations and qualities they believe have made and kept them successful,...
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The Negro Trail Blazers of California
by Delilah L. Beasley Publisher Comments Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, the first African-American congresswoman from California, says that Beasley "provides modern-day students and researchers with a detailed encyclopedia of knowledge. Every Californian can benefit from reading this historical work."...
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Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom (Images of America)
by Dorothy Spruill Redford Publisher Comments When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. Located in the rural northeastern part of the state, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of...
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Divine Agitators: The Delta Ministry and Civil Rights in Mississippi
by Mark Newman Publisher Comments The first full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi--the...
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Bridging Race Divides: Black Nationalism, Feminism, and Integration in the United States, 1896-1935
by Kate Dossett Publisher Comments African American women in the early-twentieth century made significant contributions toward the development of a black feminist tradition, were at the forefront of black nationalism, and challenged the apparent dichotomy between black nationalism and...
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Black Rage Confronts the Law (Critical America)
by Paul Harris Publisher Comments "Any lawyer who deals within the Black community needs to read it." --New York Amsterdam News "Within Harris's reasoned, cogent analysis lurks a legal strategy tethered to the nation's tattered and perennial traditions of white supremacy, which aims to...
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