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My Larger Education: Chapters from My Experience (Classics in Black Studies) My Larger Education: Chapters from My Experience (Classics in Black Studies)
by Booker T Washington

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The leading African American leader in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was Booker T. Washington. His conciliatory stance toward the white majority, preference for working behind the scenes rather than public protest to remedy... (read more)

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Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors
by Marian Wrig Edelman

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The author of "Measure of Our Success", a noted civil rights figure, and child advocate pays tribute to the extraordinary mentors who helped light her way--from luminaries such as Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy to her parents, teachers, and... (read more)

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass

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This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first... (read more)

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Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Experience Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Experience
by Tobie Ge Levingston

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When Sonny Barger formed the Oakland Hell's Angels in 1957, a few miles up East 14th Street in East Oakland, a young black bike rider form Louisiana named Tobie Gene Levingston was soon to follow in Barger's footsteps. The two knew and respected each... (read more)

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American Daughter (Borealis Books) American Daughter (Borealis Books)
by Era Bell Thompson

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Black North Dakotans were indeed something of a rarity in 1914, when young Erabelle Thompson and her family moved to a farm near the small community of Driscoll. In fact, when the Thompsons traveled thrity miles to join two other black families for... (read more)

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Turning South Again - PB Turning South Again - PB
by Houston A Jr Baker

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In Turning South Again the distinguished and award-winning essayist, poet, and scholar of African American literature Houston A. Baker, Jr. offers a revisionist account of the struggle for black modernism in the United States. With a take on the work of... (read more)

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Focusing: Black Male-Female Relationships Focusing: Black Male-Female Relationships
by Delores Aldridge

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This timely work propels our understanding of African American men and women beyond the crossroads. Dr. Aldridge's insight and vision place Black male-female relationships in a liberating framework from which Blacks can initiate the crucial tasks of... (read more)

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Prayin' to Be Set Free: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Mississippi (Real Voices, Real History Series) Prayin' to Be Set Free: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Mississippi (Real Voices, Real History Series)
by Andrew Waters

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In his introduction to Prayin' to Be Set Free, Andrew Waters likens these personal accounts of former Mississippi slaves to the music of that state's legendary blues artists. The pain, the modest eloquence, and even the underlying vitality are much the... (read more)

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Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America
by John Mcwhorter

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In his first major book on the state of black America since the New York Times bestseller Losing the Race, John McWhorter argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community... (read more)

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Generations: A Commentary on the History of the African Immigrants and Their American Descendents Generations: A Commentary on the History of the African Immigrants and Their American Descendents
by Les Washington

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The arrival of those twenty Africans, though they were not the first Africans in America, represented the vanguard of an institution and an industry that would, for 246 years, survive in the unkempt median lying between the merging lanes of the... (read more)

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From Ghetto to Community From Ghetto to Community
by Billy F Vance

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An in-depth sociological study, this book examines the current state of the black community in America and advances theories for improving its quality of life. Exploring issues that confront black America in its effort to identify and remedy societal... (read more)

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Rooted Against the Wind: Personal Essays Rooted Against the Wind: Personal Essays
by Gloria Wade Gayles

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"The personal record of one woman's unflinching quest for respite from racism and sexism; it is also a challenge to those of us who have sought to change what we abhor in ourselves." --Jordana... (read more)

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My American Life: From Rage to Entitlement My American Life: From Rage to Entitlement
by Price Cobbs

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Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of Black Rage -- one of the twentieth century's most profound examinations of black life in America -- has been a witness to some of the most important events in American history. Now, thirty years... (read more)

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Collected Black Women's Narratives (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) Collected Black Women's Narratives (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)
by Anthony Barthelmy

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The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers General Editor: HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library... (read more)

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The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech
by Shane White

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Through vivid anecdotes and firsthand accounts, White and White expand our historical ear from the 1700s through the 1850s, showing how profoundly slaves shaped the American soundscape. The Sounds of Slavery allows us to eavesdrop on the past, providing... (read more)

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Faces at the Bottom of the Well Faces at the Bottom of the Well
by Derrick Bell

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The noted civil rights activist uses allegory and historical example to present a radical vision of the persistence of racism in America. These essays shed light on some of the most perplexing and vexing issues of our day: affirmative action, the... (read more)

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Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television
by Donald Bogle

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Primetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on network television. Donald Bogle not only examines the stereotypes that too often continue to march across the screen today but also shows the ways in which television has been... (read more)

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Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America
by Keith Boykin

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Bolstered by national television exposure on Oprah and a cover story in the New York Times Magazine, the "down low"—a term used to refer to "straight" men who have sex with men—was thrust into the open in 2004. Keith Boykin, a former Clinton... (read more)

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Black Folktales Black Folktales
by Julius Lester

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Twelve remarkable folktales, culled from the black experience in Africa and America, are freshly retold in the thoroughly original voice of Julius Lester. Arranged by topic — Origins, Love, Heroes, and People — the tales combine universal... (read more)

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In My Place In My Place
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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In this direct, winning memoir, Charlayne Hunter-Gault tells the story of her life from her birth in a Deep South still living out the legacy of the Civil War to her historic role in desegregating the University of Georgia, a high point in the Civil... (read more)

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