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Praying for Sheetrock
by Melissa Fay Greene
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Somehow, the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement had bypassed rural McIntosh County, Georgia. In the 1970s, the white sheriff there still wielded all power; he controlled everyone and everything. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man... ( read more)
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
by Anne Moody
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Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "A history... ( read more)
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Fist Stick Knife Gun
by Geoffrey Canada
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A classic coming-of-age memoir that examines urban youth violence and its causes
Long before U.S. News and World Report named him one of America's Best Leaders and Oprah Winfrey called him "an angel from God," Geoffrey Canada was a vulnerable, scared... ( read more)
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Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life
by Beverly Lowry
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From the award-winning novelist and biographer Beverly Lowry comes an astonishing re-imagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of Her People.” Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund... ( read more)
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Bad Blood
by James H Jones
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James T. Patterson Author of The Dread Disease: CancerandModern American Culture By eschewing sensationalism, Jones offers a compelling narrative that enhances our understanding of race relations in the twentieth-century South, of professionalism in... ( read more)
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Finding Fish
by Antwone Fisher
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Antwone Quenton Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment his single mother gave birth to him in prison. As a foster child, he suffered more than a dozen years of emotional abandonment and physical abuse, until he escaped and forged a life on the... ( read more)
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Race Matters
by Cornel West
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With a new introduction, the groundbreaking classic Race Matters" affirms its position as the bestselling, most influential, and most original articulation of the urgent issues in America's ongoing racial debate. <BR>Cornel West is at the forefront... ( read more)
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by James Washington
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Chapter One Nonviolence and Racial Justice This article appeared in "Christian Century," the premier liberal Protestant Journal, shortly after almost 100 black clergymen came to the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in response to a call from the... ( read more)
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There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
by Alex Kotlowitz
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The New York Times This meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape. Kotlowitz's story informs the heart. San Francisco Chronicle Amid the darkness and ever-present despair,... ( read more)
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The Measure of Our Success: Letter to My Children and Yours
by Marian Wrig Edelman
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The #1 New York Times bestseller is a thinking person's Life's Little Instruction Book, with simple yet inspirational messages about living.... ( read more)
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The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics)
by W E B Du Bois
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First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its... ( read more)
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Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
by Leonard Todd
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The compelling story of a slave, owned by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century. He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their... ( read more)
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Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement
by Fergus M Bordewich
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An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change The civil war brought to a climax the country's bitter division. But the beginnings of slavery's denouement can be traced to a courageous... ( read more)
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
by bell hooks
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A genuine feminist politics always brings us from bondage to freedom, from lovelessness to loving....There can be no love without justice.-from the chapter "To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism" In this engaging and provocative volume, bell hooks... ( read more)
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Why I Love Black Women
by Michael Eric Dyson
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In this open love letter to black women everywhere, Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of African-American women, from Miss James, his grammar school teacher, to author Toni Morrison.... ( read more)
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Roots
by Alex Haley
About the Author
ALEX HALEY taught himself to write during a twenty year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. After retiring, he worked as a freelance magazine writer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcom X, on which he was collaborator and editor. ROOTS: The Saga... ( read more)
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
by James Mcbride
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With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her... ( read more)
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No Disrespect
by Sister Souljah
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Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects. Now she uses that voice to deliver what is at once a fiercely candid autobiography and a survival manual for any African... ( read more)
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My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Trade Paper)
by Frederick Douglass
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My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of... ( read more)
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The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation for Black Men and the Women Who Love Them
by Iyanla Vanzant
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Long known as the country's leading authorityon spirituality and empowerment for Black women, Iyanla Vanzant now offers a message of faith, self-knowledge and courage for Black men in the struggles, crises and victories we face in today's society... ( read more)
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