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Reconsidering the Souls of Black Folk: Thoughts of the Groundbreaking Classic Work of W.E.B. DuBois Reconsidering the Souls of Black Folk: Thoughts of the Groundbreaking Classic Work of W.E.B. DuBois
by Stanley Crouch

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Stanley Crouch teams up with noted journalist Playthell Benjamin for this thought-provoking look back at The Souls of Black Folk, the epochal, prophetic work by the great African-American intellectual W. E. B. DuBois. Crouch -- and internationally... (read more)

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Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
by Charisse Jones

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Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to com-promise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the... (read more)

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Black Portsmouth (Revisiting New England) Black Portsmouth (Revisiting New England)
by Mark J Sammons

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A thought-provoking look at New England's Black... (read more)

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Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
by Clayborne Carson

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Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpublished writings, interviews, recordings, and correspondence, King scholar Clayborne Carson has constructed a remarkable first-person account of Dr. King's... (read more)

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Religious Leaders (A to Z of African Americans) Religious Leaders (A to Z of African Americans)
by Nathan Aaseng

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Religion and spirituality have been key elements of African-American life since the earliest days of the slave... (read more)

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Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass
by Maria Diedrich

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In this nuanced, sympathetic interpretation of two extraordinary lives, Maria Diedrich acquaints us with an important and little-known relationship. Ottilie Assing, an intrepid German journalist, met and interviewed Frederick Douglass in 1856, and it was... (read more)

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Reconstruction Era Biographies (Reconstruction Era Reference Library) Reconstruction Era Biographies (Reconstruction Era Reference Library)
by Roger Matuz

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The "Reconstruction Era Reference Library" provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877. <P>"Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Biographies" examines key figures from the era,... (read more)

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Still the Promised City?: African-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York Still the Promised City?: African-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York
by Roger Waldinger

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America's most serious social problem and offers fresh approaches to attacking it.... (read more)

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The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992: Revised Edition The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992: Revised Edition
by Harvard Sitkoff

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The Struggle for Black Equality is an arresting history of the civil-rights movement--from the pathbreaking Supreme Court decision of 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, through the growth of strife and conflict in the 1960s to the major... (read more)

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Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at Mit, 1941-1999 Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at Mit, 1941-1999
by Clarence G Williams

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This book grew out of the Blacks at MIT History Project, whose mission is to document the black presence at MIT. The main body of the text consists of transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews, in which the interviewees assess their... (read more)

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Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities
by Robert M Franklin

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Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight as he identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutions that have played key roles in the black struggle for freedom. Black families face a crisis of commitment evident in the... (read more)

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My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
by Patricia Raybon

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Renowned African American journalist Patricia Raybon comes face-to-face with her own race-driven instincts and past in this powerful book that is part journal, part memoir, part social commentary. In a brave and elegant narrative that owes much to the... (read more)

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Slavery, Resistance, Freedom Slavery, Resistance, Freedom
by Gabor S Boritt

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Americans have always defined themselves in terms of their freedoms--of speech, of religion, of political dissent. How we interpret our history of slavery--the ultimate denial of these freedoms--deeply affects how we understand the very fabric of our... (read more)

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Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation
by Natalie Y Moore

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A portrait of today's African-American male evaluates both archetypes and stereotypes, exploring black masculinity as it is represented by a range of personalities, from professionals and hip-hop figures to family men and criminals. Original.... (read more)

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Black Liberation in Conservative America Black Liberation in Conservative America
by Manning Marable

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A bold new collection of essays by one of America's most prominent scholar/activists, Black Liberation in Conservative America defines the crises and challenges confronting black America on the eve of the 21st century.<P>Manning Marable chronicles... (read more)

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Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America
by Lee A Daniels

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In the twentieth century, a broad consensus to fight racial discrimination linked black Americans of all social classes, and gave birth to a movement that paved the way for black political power. Now, however, Black America is facing a moment of crisis... (read more)

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In Our Own Image: Rituals, Journeys, and Traditions of Contemporary African America In Our Own Image: Rituals, Journeys, and Traditions of Contemporary African America
by Patrik H Bass

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The first visual document of black social and cultural history in America from World War II to the present, In Our Own Image is also a fascinating scrapbook that recounts simple, eloquent stories about home life, family reunions, worship, weddings... (read more)

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Race Place in Birmingham Race Place in Birmingham
by Bobby M Wilson

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This pioneering book explores the implications of postmodernism for the black community through an analysis of the civil rights and neighborhood movements in Birmingham, Alabama. Grounded not only in class struggle, the Civil Rights Movement was tied to... (read more)

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W. E. B. Du Bois: A Reader W. E. B. Du Bois: A Reader
by W E B Dubois

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The essential writings of Du Bois have been selected and edited by David Levering Lewis, his Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.... (read more)

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Beyond the Whiteness - PB Beyond the Whiteness - PB
by Jane Lazarre

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"I am Black", Jane Lazarre's son tells her. "I have a Jewish mother, but I am not 'biracial.' That term is meaningless to me". She understands, she says - but he tells her, gently, that he doesn't think so, that she can't understand this completely... (read more)

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