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Freedom Days: 365 Inspired Moments in Civil Rights History Freedom Days: 365 Inspired Moments in Civil Rights History
by Janus Adams

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Day by Day. Dream by Dream. Victory by Victory. Freedom Days Acclaim for Glory Days Each of the 365 days of the year chronicles the triumph of the African-American spirit. These powerful and precious moments in Black history should inspire all people... (read more)

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Sarah's Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America Sarah's Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America
by Stephen Kendrick

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In the fall of 1848, a five-year-old African American girl named Sarah Roberts walked past five white schools to attend the poor and densely crowded all-black Abiel Smith School on Boston& #39; s Beacon Hill. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, decided to... (read more)

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Nurturing Young Black Males: Challenges to Agencies, Programs, and Social Policy Nurturing Young Black Males: Challenges to Agencies, Programs, and Social Policy
by Ronald B Mincy

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Examines mentoring programs aimed at helping young African-American males.... (read more)

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Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio
by Bes House Soremekun

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-197) and index.... (read more)

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Growing Up X Growing Up X
by Ilyasah Shabazz

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February 21, 1965–Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlem’s Audubon ballroom, becoming even more inspiring a figure in death than he has been in life. June 23, 1997–After surviving for a remarkable twenty-two days, his widow, Betty Shabazz,... (read more)

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The Price of Racial Reconciliation (Politics of Race and Ethnicity) The Price of Racial Reconciliation (Politics of Race and Ethnicity)
by Ronald Walters

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“In The Price of Racial Reconciliation, Ronald Walters offers an abundance of riches. This book provides an extraordinarily comprehensive and persuasive set of arguments for reparations, and will be the lens through which meaningful opportunities... (read more)

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True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity (Illinois) True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity (Illinois)
by John W Fountain

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The true story of an African-American man who found, through faith and the self-assurance it provided, the strength to break free of the cycle of poverty and despair that had once characterized his life.... (read more)

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Hidden Wholeness an African American S Hidden Wholeness an African American S
by Michael I N Dash

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"The world appears to be void of any universal religious meaning, certainly no embracing spiritual wholeness.... We suggest that a hidden wholeness or spirituality that connects individuals and communities is absent.... We would argue that any search to... (read more)

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Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life
by Lowry Beverly

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“I am at peace with God and all mankind.” —Harriet Tubman to Mary Talbert, on the occasion of their last visit, 1913 Now, from the award-winning novelist and biographer, an astonishing reimagining of the remarkable life of Harriet... (read more)

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Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America
by Scott Poulson-bryant

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In a brilliant, multilayered look at the pervasive belief that African-American men are prodigiously endowed, Poulson-Bryant interweaves his own experiences as a black man in America with witty analyses of how black male sexuality is expressed in books... (read more)

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Denmark Vesey Denmark Vesey
by David Robertson

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In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Robertson illuminates Denmark Vesey, the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if successful, it might have changed the face of the antebellum South. Compelling, informative, and... (read more)

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Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions) Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Booker T Washington

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Born in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African-Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in bondage and culminated... (read more)

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We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America
by Howard Kohn

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This masterful, provocative examination of the continuing struggle with issues of race in America focuses on the lives of a handful of Prince George County, Maryland, residents--black and white--showing how they have coped with the challenges of... (read more)

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Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
by William S Mcfeely

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A former slave, orator, journalist, autobiographer, and revolutionary on behalf of a just America, Douglass was a towering figure, at once consumately charismatic and flawed. In this biography, fresh and incisive in its research and interpretation... (read more)

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Black Life in Mississippi Black Life in Mississippi
by Julius Eri Thompson

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Six essays explore the life and culture of Black Mississippians between the 1860s and the 1980s, focusing on politics and leadership as embodied by Hiram Rhodes Revels; efforts to develop the newspaper, newsletter, and magazine as media of mass... (read more)

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On Jordan's Stormy Banks: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Georgia (Real Voices, Real History Series) On Jordan's Stormy Banks: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Georgia (Real Voices, Real History Series)
by Andrew Waters

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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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The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
by Ntozake Shange

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Words and images come together in this inspiring collaboration between renowned poet Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Inc., a group of acclaimed photographers whose work documents and celebrates the African-American experience. Collaborations between writers... (read more)

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Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform
by Derrick A Bell

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When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education was handed down in 1954, many civil rights advocates believed that the decision finding public school segregation unconstitutional could become the Holy Grail of racial justice. Fifty... (read more)

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Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945
by Michael S Harper

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A rich collection of the work of post-WWII African-American poets, this book brings together the voices of the most important African-American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks, and covers an... (read more)

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Of One Blood: Abolitionism and the Origins of Racial Equality Of One Blood: Abolitionism and the Origins of Racial Equality
by Paul Goodman

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Possibly the most important book on abolition published in the past generation.... (read more)

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