by Barack Obama  
Publisher Comments In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Kevin Boyle Publisher Comments An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Alex Haley Publisher Comments An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... (read more) Your Price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Frederick Douglass Publisher Comments Unabridged republication of 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave' written by Himself, published by The Anti-Slavery Office, Boston, 1945. New Introductory note.... (read more) Your Price $0.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Deirdre Mullane Publisher Comments The history of African-American life and thought presented in this anthology represents a far-reaching written and oral tradition, which is thought-provoking, inspiring, and impressive in its breadth. It includes poetry and prose by today's best and most... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Malcolm X Publisher Comments An autobiography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Frederick Douglass Publisher Comments Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass's shocking... (read more) Your Price $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Harold (ed.) Courlender Publisher Comments In A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore, editor Harold Courlander brings together an extensive and unique collection of tales, recollections, epics, traditions, beliefs, myths, historical chronicles, and songs from the numerous Negro cultures of the New... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Eric Dyson Publisher Comments A private citizen who transformed the world around him, Martin Luther King, Jr., was arguably the greatest American who ever lived. Now, after more than thirty years, few people understand how truly radical he was. In this groundbreaking examination of... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dorothy W Riley Publisher Comments Kwanzaa is the joyous and meaningful holiday when African-Americans reunite with family and friends and pay tribute to their rich cultural heritage. Celebrated from December 26 through January 1, it is an important part of the lives of 18 million people,... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by C W Larison Publisher Comments This book may be mostly history or it may be mostly folklore, but it is in any case well worth reading. It is a colloquy an extended interview- with a long foreword by the interviewer and two appendices, one of them mine, and it is the product of a... (read more) Your Price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Martin Bernal Publisher Comments What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the whole basis of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Caroline Goeser Publisher Comments During the 1920s and 1930s, black artists and writers achieved something totally unprecedented: they created a new image of African Americans that truly reflected their times as well as their history. In so doing, they set the artistic agenda of the... (read more) Your Price $34.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Barack Obama Publisher Comments “A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barack Obama Publisher Comments The junior U.S. senator from Illinois speaks out to all Americans on how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can be adapted to such controversial issues as globalization, the function of... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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