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African American Studies
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The encyclopedia of African-American heritage The encyclopedia of African-American heritage
by Susan Altman

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An excellent reference for young readers, The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage chonicles more than a millennium of history -- the rich and varied tapestry woven by Africans who remained on their ancestral continent, those who were forced to... (read more)

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The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 (Circles of the Twentieth Century) The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 (Circles of the Twentieth Century)
by Steven Watson

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It was W.E.B. DuBois who paved the way with his essays and his magazine The Crisis, but the Harlem Renaissance was mostly a literary and intellectual movement whose best known figures include Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Claude... (read more)

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Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South (American Ways) Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South (American Ways)
by Michael Fitzgerald

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Michael Fitzgerald's new interpretation of Reconstruction shows how the internal dynamics of this first freedom movement played into the hands of white racist reactionaries in the South. Splendid Failure recounts how postwar financial missteps and other... (read more)

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Black Lives, White Lives Black Lives, White Lives
by Bob Blauner

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One evening in 1955, Howard Spence, a Mississippi field representative for the NAACP investigating the Emmett Till murder, was confronted by Klansmen who burned an eight-foot cross on his front lawn. I felt my life wasn't worth a penny with a hole in it.... (read more)

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Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860 Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860
by Diane Batts Morrow

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Founded in Baltimore in 1828 by a French Sulpician priest and a mulatto Caribbean immigrant, the Oblate Sisters of Providence formed the first permanent African American Roman Catholic sisterhood in the United States. It still exists today. Exploring the... (read more)

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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails
by Erik Calonius

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On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded its cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, thirty eight years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last... (read more)

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Take a Lesson: Today's Black Achievers on How They Made It and What They Learned Along the Way Take a Lesson: Today's Black Achievers on How They Made It and What They Learned Along the Way
by Carolin V Clarke

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Great minds reveal why you should Take a Lesson <P>&quot; Take a Lesson is a treasure trove of insight on what it takes to lead and to achieve success in today&#146; s world. These lessons from African-American leaders transcend race. They... (read more)

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Early African-American Classics (Bantam Classics) Early African-American Classics (Bantam Classics)
by Kwame Anthon Appiah

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A collection of some of the most influential and significant writings by Afro-American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is an important addition to Bantam's growing black classics list.... (read more)

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Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
by Scott Reynol Nelson

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The ballad John Henry is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson... (read more)

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Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves
by Belinda Hurmence

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The idea of interviewing slaves about their experiences dates to the 1760s, when abolitionists first began to publish slave narratives as a way to educate the public to the horrors of slavery. From 1929 to 1932, the social sciences department at Fisk... (read more)

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Women, Race, & Class Women, Race, & Class
by Angela Y Davis

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A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders.... (read more)

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Lion in the Lobby Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws Revised Edition Lion in the Lobby Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws Revised Edition
by Denton L. Watson

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Lion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy. This revised edition features a... (read more)

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An American Beach for African Americans An American Beach for African Americans
by Marsha Dean Phelts

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"I am excited by this book. It is a great addition to the woefully scant scholarly materials that deal with the African American contribution to Florida history and culture.... Original and significant". -- Patricia Waterman, University of South... (read more)

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Born a Child of Freedom, Yet a Slave: Mechanisms of Control & Strategies of Resistance in Antebellum South Carolina Born a Child of Freedom, Yet a Slave: Mechanisms of Control & Strategies of Resistance in Antebellum South Carolina
by Norrece T Jones

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Born a Child of Freedom, Yet a Slave explores the diverse strategies employed by Southern slaveholders to keep their slaves under control--from threats of sale, shackles, screw box, or treadmill, to a peck of corn a week, a dram of whiskey, a pound of... (read more)

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The African-American Predicament The African-American Predicament
by Christopher Forman

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This book examines the vexing reality of racial conditions in America today: improved overall, but far more complicated than they used to seem, and in important respects continually depressing.... (read more)

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Black Firsts 2ND Edition Black Firsts 2ND Edition
by Jessie Carney Smith

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 745-756) and index.... (read more)

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Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912 Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912
by Paul D Nelson

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The biography of a pioneer in early desegregation, anti-lynching, and civil rights cases, as well as a tireless activist and organizer for African American civil rights.... (read more)

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My Soul is a Witness: A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965 My Soul is a Witness: A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965
by Bett Collier Thomas

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A powerful and inspiring record of one of the most significant periods in America's history, which presents the full historic scope of the hard-fought battle for civil rights. From the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which legal... (read more)

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Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book #52: The Black Holocaust for Beginners Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book #52: The Black Holocaust for Beginners
by S E Anderson

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Breathing new life into a horrific period of history, this book takes readers back to the roots of African slavery in 1441 and brings them forward. Told from the point of view of one of the captive African women, the story shares her suffering, shame and... (read more)

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The Ties That Bind: Timeless Values for African American Families The Ties That Bind: Timeless Values for African American Families
by Joyce A Ladner

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&quot; Dr. Joyce A. Ladner brings profound insight to the challenge of raising strong children in ambivalent times, and offers abundant reasons to rejoice in renewing family ties. A treasury of time-tested virtues.&quot; &#9; &#9; &#9;... (read more)

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