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On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals
by Nikki Giovanni
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With the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, Nikki Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the glorious words of spirituals. Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has... ( read more)
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How to Love a Black Man
by Ronn Elmore
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As he sheds light on the hidden emotional psychological recesses of the black man's inner world, Dr. Elmore provides down-to-earth advice and real-life anecdotes drawn from his seminars and radio call-in shows to show women how to create the fulfilling... ( read more)
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The Reintegration of American History: Slavery and the Civil War
by William W Freehling
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William W. Freehling is one of America's leading historians. His groundbreaking works onslavery and the years leading up to the Civil War have earned him numerous awards and prizes. His first book, Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in... ( read more)
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Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
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The author tells of his experiences after he darkened his skin and traveled through the South in order to find out how it feels to be black.... ( read more)
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Our America Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman
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Through two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now thispowerful book, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have made it their mission to be loud voices from one of this country's darkest places, Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Set... ( read more)
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
by Taylor Branch
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At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Taylor Branch makes clear in this... ( read more)
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Twelve Years a Slave (Library of Southern Civilization)
by Solomon Northrup
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This story of the abduction of a free Negro adult from the North and his enslavement in the South--provides a sensational element which cannot be matched in any of the dozens of narratives written by former slaves. 'Think of it: For thirty years a man... ( read more)
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Lanterns: a Memoir of Mentors
by Marian Wright Edelman
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Edelman shares stories from her life at the center of many of the century's most dramatic civil rights struggles and pays tribute to the personal mentors who helped light her way: Fannie Lou Hamer; Robert Kennedy; Benjamin Mays; Martin Luther King Jr... ( read more)
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The Black List
by Elvis Mitchell
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In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine "black list... ( read more)
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Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem
by bell hooks
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In Rock My Soul, world-renowned scholar and visionary bell hooks takes an in-depth look at one of the most critical issues facing African Americans: a collective wounded self-esteem that has prevailed from slavery to the present day. Why do so many... ( read more)
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Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
by Cornel West
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Praised by the New York Times for his "ferocious moral vision," Cornel West returns to the analysis of what he calls the arrested development of democracy with a masterful diagnosis. Pointing to the rise of three antidemocratic dogmas that are rendering... ( read more)
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The Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle
by Clayborne Carson
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A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movement has come and how far it has yet to go... ( read more)
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Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South
by Deborah Gray White
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Living with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation South assumed roles within the family and community that contrasted sharply with traditional female roles in the larger American society. This new edition of Ar'n't I a... ( read more)
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
by Adam Hochschild
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Like the author's classic "King Leopold's Ghost," this new work abounds in atmosphere, high drama, and nuanced portraits of epic antislavery crusaders, heroes, and villains in Britain.... ( read more)
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Up from Slavery (Penguin Classics)
by Booker T Washington
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Vividly recounting Washington's life--his childhood as a slave, struggle for education, founding and presidency of the Tuskegee Institute, and meetings with the country's leaders, this book reveals the conviction he held that the black man's salvation... ( read more)
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Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture
by Howard Dodson
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.... ( read more)
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
by Sarah Delany
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"When you get real old, honey," says Bessie Delany, "you lay it all on the table. There's an old saying: Only little children and old folks tell the truth." In Having Our Say Bessie, age 101, and her sister Sadie, age 103, do just that-and then some... ( read more)
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
by Angela Y. Davis
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Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of many famous women blues singers as the articulation of a black, working-class feminist consciousness at odds with mainstream American... ( read more)
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Slaves in the Family
by Edward Ball
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Slaves in the Family is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for nonfiction and hailed by The New Yorker as "a brilliant blend of archival research and oral history." First-time author and award-winning journalist Edward Ball confronts the legacy... ( read more)
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Black Looks : Race and Representation (92 Edition)
by bell hooks
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One of the leading public intellectuals of her generation, bell hooks has authored over 20 books, including several classics in African-American and Women's Studies. Known mainly as a feminist thinker, hooks addresses a broad range of issues related to... ( read more)
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