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True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity (Illinois)
by John W Fountain  Synopsis The true story of an African-American man who found, through faith and the self-assurance it provided, the strength to break free of the cycle of poverty and despair that had once characterized his life....
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Born in Bondage : Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South (00 Edition)
by Marie Jenkins Schwartz Publisher Comments recreates the experiences of these bound but resilient young people as they learned to negotiate between acts of submission and selfhood, between the worlds of commodity and community....
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Hidden Wholeness an African American S
by Michael I N Dash Publisher Comments "The world appears to be void of any universal religious meaning, certainly no embracing spiritual wholeness.... We suggest that a hidden wholeness or spirituality that connects individuals and communities is absent.... We would argue that any search to...
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Brothers Gonna Work It Out : Sexual Politics in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism (05 Edition)
by Charise L. Cheney Publisher Comments View the Table of Contents. Read Chapter 1. "In her book, Cheney tries to dispel the notion that all rap music is about sex, violence and bling. . . . The book is insightful—particularly to white Americans who don't get the appeal of Louis...
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Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America
by Scott Poulson-bryant Publisher Comments In a brilliant, multilayered look at the pervasive belief that African-American men are prodigiously endowed, Poulson-Bryant interweaves his own experiences as a black man in America with witty analyses of how black male sexuality is expressed in books...
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Music of the African Diaspora #1: California Soul
by Jacqueline C Djedje Publisher Comments "Documented with great care and affection, this book is filled with revelations about the intermingling of peoples, styles of music, business interests, night-life pleasures, and the strange ways lived experience shaped black music as America's music in...
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African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses
by Robert M. Moore Publisher Comments Including the work of nearly 20 authors, this essay collection explores the changing relationship between African Americans and whites on U.S. College and University campuses. These essays investigate and chronicle the tension and social distance felt...
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We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America
by Howard Kohn Synopsis This masterful, provocative examination of the continuing struggle with issues of race in America focuses on the lives of a handful of Prince George County, Maryland, residents--black and white--showing how they have coped with the challenges of...
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White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.)
by Shelby Steele Publisher Comments In 1955 the killers of Emmett Till, a black Mississippi youth, were acquitted because they were white. Forty years later, despite the strong DNA evidence against him, accused murderer O. J. Simpson went free after his attorney portrayed him as a victim...
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Black Film/White Money
by Jesse Algern Rhines Publisher Comments Why are there so few Black filmmakers who control their own work? Why are there scarcely any Black women behind the camera? What happens to Black filmmakers when they move from independent production to the mainstream? What does it mean for whites to...
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Feminine Mystique (UK Edition)
by Betty Friedan Synopsis An analysis of the position of women in Western society. When published in 1963 it met with an enormous response and led to Friedan being called the mother of the new feminist movement....
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Why Do I Have to Be Your Nigger?
by Dee Brown Publisher Comments Dee Brown reintroduces the familiar yet compelling social issue with his sophomore effort. Why do I have to be your Nigger? "Theories In Niggativity," questions diverse correlations between African-Americans and the word nigger. Dee explores cultures...
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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting : Afro-asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity (01 Edition)
by Vijay Prashad Publisher Comments A revolutionary reappraisal of Afro-Asian relationships that will change multiculturalism as we know it <BR>In this landmark work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage the typical racial discussion that matches people of color against each...
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The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
by Ntozake Shange Publisher Comments Words and images come together in this inspiring collaboration between renowned poet Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Inc., a group of acclaimed photographers whose work documents and celebrates the African-American experience. Collaborations between writers...
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Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas
by Sam (edt) Durant Publisher Comments The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, formed in the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, remains one of the most controversial movements of the 20th-century. Founded by the charismatic Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the party sounded...
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Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform
by Derrick A Bell Publisher Comments When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education was handed down in 1954, many civil rights advocates believed that the decision finding public school segregation unconstitutional could become the Holy Grail of racial justice. Fifty...
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Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America
by Cornel West Publisher Comments Cornel West is one of the most authentic, brilliant, prophetic, and healing voices in America today < BR> < BR> & mdash; Marian Wright Edelman< BR> < BR> < BR> < BR> < BR> < BR> Nine of America's most...
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Legacy: Treasures of Black History
by Thomas C Battle Publisher Comments ," . . a compilation of documents, photographs, images and artifacts revealing a lush cultural heritage."...
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Praying for Sheetrock
by Melissa Fay Greene Publisher Comments Somehow, the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement had bypassed rural McIntosh County, Georgia. In the 1970s, the white sheriff there still wielded all power; he controlled everyone and everything. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man...
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More Body, More Soul: Beautiful Black Men
by Duane Thomas Publisher Comments Featuring work by top photographers including Barron Claiborne, David LaChapelle, Roger Erickson, Guzman, and Dah Len, this title provides a candid and provocative look at the sensuality and vitality of today's most talked-about black male stars....
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