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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Washington Publisher Comments "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Publisher Comments Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore Staff Pick The Other Wes Moore is the fascinating tale of two men who shared a name and a birthplace; their lives started out in similar circumstances and ended up very differently (one a Rhodes Scholar, the other serving a life sentence in jail). A moving... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Butler: A Witness to History by Wil Haygood Publisher Comments When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Native Son (Modern Classics) by Richard Wright Publisher Comments Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Publisher Comments Gripping autobiography presents exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. "A moving, vital testament . . ."--"Saturday Review." 7 illus.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Publisher Comments US... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery by Leon F Litwack Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder Publisher Comments A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution's complex and contested history of involvement in slavery-setting off a controversy that soon leapt outside of the academic circuit and made headlines across the country. The... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Black Athena the Afroasiatic Roots Volume 1 by Martin Bernal Publisher Comments What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the whole basis of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Walking With the Wind by John Lewis Publisher Comments Congressman John Lewis takes readers inside the civil rights movement in Walking with the Wind and shares rare insight into the personalities at its heart. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Congressman John Lewis... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) by Harriet Jacobs Publisher Comments This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her... (read more) Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bad Blood by James H Jones Review James T. Patterson Author of The Dread Disease: Cancer & Modern American Culture By eschewing sensationalism, Jones offers a compelling narrative that enhances our understanding of race relations in the twentieth-century South, of professionalism in... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Lesson Before Dying (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ernest J Gaines Publisher Comments US... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur Publisher Comments Written in solitary confinement, the author's memoir of 16 years as a gangbanger in Los Angeles makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier Publisher Comments An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on “the blocks” of one of New Yorks most diverse... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Classic Slave Narratives (Signet Classics) by Henry Louis Gates Publisher Comments Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, the last edition corrected and published in his lifetime. The collection also includes perhaps the best known and... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-64 by Taylor Branch Publisher Comments In Pillar of Fire, the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, Parting the Waters, won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental chronicle of a movement... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody Publisher Comments Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story—the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing by Karen Hunter Publisher Comments nig·gard·ly (adj.) [nig´erd-le] 1. stingy, miserly; not generous 2. begrudging about spending or granting 3. provided in a meanly limited supply If you don’t know the definition of the word, you might assume it to be a... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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