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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... ( read more)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Alex Haley
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An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... ( read more)
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Frederick Douglass
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Unabridged republication of 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave' written by Himself, published by The Anti-Slavery Office, Boston, 1945. New Introductory note.... ( read more)
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Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Booker T Washington
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Born in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African-Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in bondage and culminated... ( read more)
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I Have a Dream - 40th Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
by Martin Luther King
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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial looking out over thousands of troubled Americans who had gathered in the name of civil rights and uttered his now famous words, "I have a dream . . ." It was a speech that... ( read more)
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
by Anne Moody
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Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "A history... ( read more)
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Fist Stick Knife Gun
by Geoffrey Canada
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A classic coming-of-age memoir that examines urban youth violence and its causes Long before U.S. News and World Report named him one of America’s Best Leaders and Oprah Winfrey called him “an angel from God,” Geoffrey Canada was a... ( read more)
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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History)
by Raymond Arsenault
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They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most... ( read more)
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Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform
by Derrick A Bell
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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... ( read more)
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Praying for Sheetrock
by Melissa Fay Greene
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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... ( read more)
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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
by Douglas S Massey
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significance in the United States today.... ( read more)
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The Last Year of Malcom X: The Evolution of a Revolutionary
by George Breitman
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Malcolm X's political evolution after he left the Nation Of Islam. Analyzes the conflicts that resulted in Malcolm's being driven out of the Nation, his views on how to combat anti-Black discrimination, and how, as he put it, to "internationalize" the... ( read more)
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New Negro, Old Left: African-american Writing and Communism Between the Wars
by William J. Maxwell
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Maxwell uncovers both black literature's debt to Communism and Communism's debt to black literature, reciprocal obligations first incurred during the Harlem Renaissance.... ( read more)
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Let the Trumpet Sound : a Life of Martin Luther King, JR. (94 Edition)
by Stephen B. Oates
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Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will... ( read more)
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Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
by Michael A Gomez
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A social history of the experiences of African Muslims and their descendants throughout the Americas.... ( read more)
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
by Barack Obama
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“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged... ( read more)
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Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless
by Cora Daniels
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From an award-winning journalist and cultural commentator comes a provocative examination of the impact of “ghetto” mores, attitudes, and lifestyles on urban communities and American culture in general. Cora Daniels takes on one of the most... ( read more)
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Alchemy of Race and Rights
by Patricia J Williams
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result is a testament of considerable beauty, a triumph of moral tactfullness, The result, as the title suggests, is magic.... ( read more)
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Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
by Clayborne Carson
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Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpublished writings, interviews, recordings, and correspondence, King scholar Clayborne Carson has constructed a remarkable first-person account of Dr. King's... ( read more)
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Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X
by Michael Eric Dyson
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Malcolm X's cultural rebirth--his improbable second coming--brims with irony. The nineties are marked by intense and often angry debates about racial authenticity and "selling out," and the participants in these debates--from politicians to filmmakers to... ( read more)
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