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Still Lifting, Still Climbing : African American Women's Contemporary Activism (99 Edition)
by Kimberly Springer
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"A valuable resourceàthe names of the authors and activists within it are undoubtedly ones we will encounter again and again over the decades to come." —Sojourner Still Lifting, Still Climbing is the first volume of its kind to document... ( read more)
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Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960?1995
by Julius E Thompson
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In 1965 Dudley F. Randall founded the Broadside Press, a company devoted to publishing, distributing and promoting the works of black poets and writers. In so doing, he became a major player in the civil rights movement. Hundreds of black writers were... ( read more)
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Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire : Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-jamaican World (04 Edition)
by Trevor Burnard
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Eighteenth-century Jamaica, Britain's largest and most valuable slave-owning colony, relied on a brutal system of slave management to maintain its tenuous social order. Trevor Burnard provides unparalleled insight into Jamaica's vibrant but harsh African... ( read more)
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In the Name of Elijah Muhammad (96 Edition)
by Mattias Gardell
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In the Name of Elijah Muhammad tells the story of the Nation of Islam--its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of... ( read more)
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Black Rage
by William H Grier
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This acclaimed work by two black psychiatrists has established itself as the classic statement of the desperation, conflicts, and anger of black life in America.. The first book to examine the full range of black life from the vantage point of psychiatry,... ( read more)
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Embracing the Spirit : Womanist Perspective on Hope, Salvation, and Transformation (97 Edition)
by Emilie Townes
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This book continues the conversations begun in Emilie Townes's path-breaking A Troubling in My Soul: Womanist Perspectives on Evil and Suffering. Once again, Townes brings together essays by leading womanist theologians, interweaving a concern for... ( read more)
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Spirituals and the Blues : an Interpretation (91 Edition)
by James H. Cone
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Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture--the spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves and the children of slaves used this music to affirm their essential humanity in the face of oppression. The blues... ( read more)
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African Americans and the American Political System (4TH 99 Edition)
by Lucius J. Barker
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Offers a systematic, theoretical, and structural framework for more accurate appraisal of the relative nature and influence of governing institutions and of past, present, and recurring developments on African-American and American Politics generally... ( read more)
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This Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South
by Leslie Howard Owens
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In some areas of analysis This Species of Property provides a fuller description of slave life than can be found elsewhere. Its appearance is another welcome indication that the slaves rather than their owners are now holding the center of the... ( read more)
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In the Shadow of Slavery : African Americans in New York City (03 Edition)
by Leslie M. Harris
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"The black experience in the antebellum South has been thoroughly documented. But histories set in the North are few. In the Shadow of Slavery, then, is a big and ambitious book, one in which insights about race and class in New York City abound. Leslie... ( read more)
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My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
by Mary Frances Berry
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“My face is black is true but its not my fault but I love my name and my honest dealing with my fellow man.” –Callie House (1899) In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Dr. Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of... ( read more)
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Slave Testimony : Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies (77 Edition)
by John W. Blassingame
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Between the covers of Slave Testimony readers will find the largest collection of annotated and authenticated accounts of slaves ever published in one volume. In them, the slaves of Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, Henry Clay, and others speak for... ( read more)
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Hidden Cost of Being African American (04 Edition)
by Thomas M. Shapiro
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Shapiro, the author of "Black Wealth/White Wealth," blends personal stories, interviews, empirical data, and analysis to illuminate how family assets produce dramatic consequences in the everyday lives of ordinary citizens.... ( read more)
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Remembering Slavery : African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation - With MP3 (98 Edition)
by Ira Berlin
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The groundbreaking book-and-audio set is available with MP3 audio cds: "powerful and intense" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and "a minor miracle" (Ted Koppel, Nightline). In 1998, The New Press published Remembering Slavery, a book-and-tape set that... ( read more)
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The Souls of Black Folks (Signet Classics)
by W E B Dubois
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First published in 1903, this extraordinary collection of 14 essays was a groundbreaking literary work. Grappling with the contradictions of being black and being American, W.E.B. Du Bois created a manifesto for the emerging class of African-American... ( read more)
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Beyond Ebonics : Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice (00 Edition)
by John Baugh
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The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics," however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an... ( read more)
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Declining Significance of Race 2ND Edition
by William Wilson
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This new paperback edition includes a major new essay in which William Julius Wilson not only reflects on the debate surrounding his book, but also presents a provocative discussion of race, class, and social policy. "Wilson has written a profound and... ( read more)
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Dancing Many Drums : Excavations in African American Dance (02 Edition)
by Thomas F. Defrantz
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Presents a collection of 11 essays exploring the influence of African
American music and movement in the American and world culture.
Addressing issues of race, gender, politics, history, and dance, the
volume includes discussion of Christian... ( read more)
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A Black Theology of Liberation: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by James H. Cone
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Offers a radical reappraisal of Christianity from the perspective of an oppressed Black North American community.... ( read more)
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Black Culture and BLK. Conscious. -30TH Anniv (07 Edition)
by Levine
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When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under... ( read more)
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