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African American Studies
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Rosa Parks Rosa Parks
by Douglas G Brinkley

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Fifty years after she made history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, Rosa Parks at last gets the major biography she deserves. The eminent historian Douglas Brinkley follows this thoughtful and devout woman from her childhood in Jim Crow Alabama... (read more)

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Between Race and Empire: African-Americans and Cubans Before the Cuban Revolution Between Race and Empire: African-Americans and Cubans Before the Cuban Revolution
by Lisa Brock

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The relationship between two peoples of color, their similar experiences with slavery, their struggles for political power, and their parallel race consciousness<P>FOR MANY BLACK AMERICANS, the prominence and success of black Cubans in early... (read more)

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Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
by Larry Tye

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Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class.... (read more)

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Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class
by Mary Pattillo Mccoy

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Black Picket Fences is a stark, moving, and candid look at a section of America that is too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. After living for three years in "Groveland," a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's... (read more)

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The Black New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated Chronology The Black New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated Chronology
by Schomburg Center

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TheBlack New Yorkers THE SCHOMBURG ILLUSTRATED CHRONOLOGY " The Black New Yorkers will no doubt prove to be a document for the ages: a timely, highly informative record of the significant and multifaceted enrichment provided by our forebears and... (read more)

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Dover Thrift Editions) The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Dover Thrift Editions)
by James Weldo Johnson

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African-American writer's pioneering novel parallels his own life, probes the psychological aspects of "passing for white," and examines the American caste and class system.. Major contribution to American literature.... (read more)

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50 of the Most Inspiring African-americans 50 of the Most Inspiring African-americans
by Patricia M. (edt) Hinds

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This extraordinary commemorative book takes an inside look at some of today's most inspiring African-Americans. With dynamic photos and captivating biographies, it features prominent women and men who have enriched readers lives and brought them joy.... (read more)

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Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad
by Mary Kay Ricks

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A story of people, politics, and power, this gripping narrative is about a schooner named the "Pearl" and of the 70 slaves who embarked on one of the most audacious escapes in American history. 16-page photo insert.... (read more)

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Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero
by Vincent Harding

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In these eloquent essays that reflect upon King's legacy over the past two decades and the meaning of his life today, a portrait emerges of a man constantly evolving and going deeper into the roots of violence and injustice--a man whose challenge remains... (read more)

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American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
by Jacqueline Jones

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This is history at its best -- the epic, often tragic story of success and failure on the uneven playing fields of American labor, rooted in painstaking research and passionately alive to its present-day implications for a just society. Jacqueline Jones... (read more)

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

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Throughout her life and work, Marian Wright Edelman has been at the heart of this cantury's most dramatic civil rights and child advocacy struggles.In this stirring, heartfelt memoir she pays tribute to the extrordinary mentors who helped light her way... (read more)

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Voices from the Future: A Contemporary Look at African Wisdom That Provides a Blueprint for the Future Voices from the Future: A Contemporary Look at African Wisdom That Provides a Blueprint for the Future
by Bob Law

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"Voices from the Future" is written by one of the most respected radio talk show hosts in the country, Bob Law, who over the years has heard pearls of wisdom from some of the best African American minds in the country. From that experience, he brings... (read more)

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Street Life Street Life
by Jihad

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A convicted armed robber, drug dealer, and pimp who cleaned up his life after a decade in prison, Jihad presents a harrowing, true-to-life journey into the struggle of a young black male raised on the streets of Americas inner city.... (read more)

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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
by Geoffrey C. Ward

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The award-winning author applies his grasp of American history to the most admired and most reviled African American of his era, heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, drawing on a wealth of contemporaneous documents, including Johnson's never-before... (read more)

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The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight
by Lorna Mcdaniel

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The Big Drum is the lively ancient dance rite of the small island of Carriacou, Grenada. This book introduces 129 of the ceremonial song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience.<P>... (read more)

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Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own
by Patricia J Williams

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A warm and seductive meditation on the personal and political from a renowned columnist and "one of the great theorists of race and law" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.). With her trademark wit and insight, Patricia Williams relates stories from the many facets... (read more)

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Slaves No More: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War Slaves No More: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War
by Ira Berlin

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The three essays in this volume present an introduction to history of the emancipation of the slaves during the Civil War. The first essay traces the destruction of slavery by discussing the shift from a war for the Union to a war against slavery. The... (read more)

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Saviors or Sellouts: The Promise and Peril of Black Conservatism, from Booker T. Washington to Condoleezza Rice Saviors or Sellouts: The Promise and Peril of Black Conservatism, from Booker T. Washington to Condoleezza Rice
by Christopher Bracey

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The and#64257;rst book by an African American liberal about black conservatism and its growing appeal among African Americans today What exactly is a black conservative, and why would any¬one choose to be one? wonders Professor Christopher Bracey... (read more)

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The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement
by Bob Zellner

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Zellner tells how one white Alabamian joined ranks with the black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the southern way of life. He was in all the campaigns and was close to all the major figures.... (read more)

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In Their Own Interests In Their Own Interests
by Earl Lewis

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Since the Civil War, African Americans have made great efforts to empower themselves. Focusing on Norfolk, Virginia, Earl Lewis shows how blacks have had to balance competing inclinations for conscious inaction and purposeful agitation as they sought to... (read more)

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