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Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963 Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
by Patrik Henry Bass

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The March on Washington in August 1963, one of the most significant public events of the 20th century, is remembered in an amazing new paperback that details this defining moment of the civil rights movement.... (read more)

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Letters from Mississippi Letters from Mississippi
by Elizabeth Martinez

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During the summer of 1964, a presidential election year, SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) sent volunteers into Mississippi to expand black voter registration in the state, to organize a legally constituted "Freedom Democratic Party" that... (read more)

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Bad Boys : Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (00 Edition) Bad Boys : Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (00 Edition)
by Ann Arnett Ferguson

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Statistics show that black males are disproportionately getting in trouble and being suspended from the nation's school systems. Based on three years of participant observation research at an elementary school, Bad Boys offers a richly textured account... (read more)

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The Souls of Black Folk (Bantam Classics) The Souls of Black Folk (Bantam Classics)
by W E B Dubois

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"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." Thus speaks W.E.B. Du Bois in The Souls Of Black Folk, one of the most prophetic and influental works in American literature. In this eloquent collection of essays, first... (read more)

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The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
by John Bailey

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It is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, Sally Miller, who disappeared twenty-five years... (read more)

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Mis-education of the Negro (00 Edition) Mis-education of the Negro (00 Edition)
by Carter G. Woodson

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Originally released in 1933, "The Mis-Education of the Negro" continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education... (read more)

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Music of the African Diaspora #1: California Soul Music of the African Diaspora #1: California Soul
by Jacqueline C Djedje

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"Documented with great care and affection, this book is filled with revelations about the intermingling of peoples, styles of music, business interests, night-life pleasures, and the strange ways lived experience shaped black music as America's music in... (read more)

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Buppies, B-Boys, Baps, & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture Buppies, B-Boys, Baps, & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture
by Nelson George

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In this new and expanded edition of Nelson George's classic cultural study, contemporary black culture is chronicled through essays on music, film, sports, publishing, politics, and city life, both uptown and down. Buppies enters nearly every arena of... (read more)

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Harlem Renaissance : Art of Black America (87 Edition) Harlem Renaissance : Art of Black America (87 Edition)
by Mary Schmidt Campbell

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In the 1920s, Harlem was "the capital of Black America" and home to an epochal African-American cultural flowering called the Harlem Renaissance. This book presents the work of the most important visual artists of the day, including Meta Warrick Fuller... (read more)

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Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
by David Brion Davis

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Winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. Now, in Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight in this definitive account of New... (read more)

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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting : Afro-asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity (01 Edition) Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting : Afro-asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity (01 Edition)
by Vijay Prashad

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A revolutionary reappraisal of Afro-Asian relationships that will change multiculturalism as we know it <BR>In this landmark work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage the typical racial discussion that matches people of color against each... (read more)

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Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color
by Iyanla Vanzant

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Acts of Faith is a thoughtful and inspirational book that explores the unique pressures on peopleof color today with great insight and sensitivity. This book is the minimum daily requirement for people of color in search of inspiration and support.... (read more)

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Souls of Black Folk (07 Edition) Souls of Black Folk (07 Edition)
by Dubois

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Originally published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. With its singular combination of essays, memoir, and fiction, this book vaulted Du Bois to the forefront of... (read more)

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Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools
by Jonathan Kozol

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In this National Book Award-winning book, Kozol unflinchingly exposes the disturbing "destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school." A new Epilogue assesses the last 20 years of the educational system.... (read more)

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Slavery Remembered : a Record of Twentieth-century Slave Narratives (79 Edition) Slavery Remembered : a Record of Twentieth-century Slave Narratives (79 Edition)
by Paul D Escott

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This is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives in the Federal Writers' Project. Escott read nearly 2,400 narratives to establish 81 categories of information for computer analysis. Tables presenting this data are set within a well... (read more)

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The Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave The Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave
by William Wells Brown

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The Narrative of William W. Brown ranks alongside Frederick Douglass' memoirs as an influential force in the abolition movement and a lasting testimonial to the injustice of slavery. The simple, straightforward style of Brown's Narrative offers a sincere... (read more)

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The Covenant with Black America The Covenant with Black America
by Tavis Smiley

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Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from... (read more)

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Souls of Black Folk (97 Edition) Souls of Black Folk (97 Edition)
by W. E. B. Dubois

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One of the most influential and widely read texts in all of African American letters and history, The Souls of Black Folk combines some of the most enduring reflections on black identity, the meaning of emancipation,and Afican American culture. This new... (read more)

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Fade to Black: Thoughts on Black Americans Fade to Black: Thoughts on Black Americans
by Woody Campbell

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For many years, I have been troubled because we as Black Americans of African descentwhose ancestors had not immigrated willingly to Americahave been unable to settle on a definitive identity. Who are we? Who decided that we were African Americans? As... (read more)

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War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America
by Huey P Newton

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'War Against The Panthers: A Study of Repression in America' is the doctoral dissertation of Black Panther leader Huey P Newton.... (read more)

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