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Artificial White Man Artificial White Man
by Stanley Crouch

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In this penetrating collection of original essays, legendary gadfly and esteemed critic Stanley Crouch tackles the notion on authenticity — what it is, what it isn't, and what we make of it, for good or for bad. While the question of who's the real... (read more)

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The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible
by Allen Dwig Callahan

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The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery’s secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today’s hip... (read more)

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Black Families At the Crossroads Challen Black Families At the Crossroads Challen
by Robert Staples

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Understanding the Black Family This book offers a comprehensive examination of the diverse and complex issues surrounding the black family unit as it has evolved from preslavery to contemporary society. The authors draw on more than fifty years of... (read more)

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Finding Fish: A Memoir Finding Fish: A Memoir
by Antwone Fisher

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Soon to be a major motion picture starring and directed by Denzel Washington, Finding Fish is the memoir of Antwone Fisher's miraculous journey from abandonment and abuse to liberation, manhood, and extraordinary success -- a modern-day Oliver Twist... (read more)

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The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist
by James Mccune Smith

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The first African American to receive a medical degree, this invaluable collection brings together the writings of James McCune Smith, one of the foremost intellectuals in antebellum America. The Selected Writings of James McCune Smith is one of the... (read more)

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American Crossroads #16: Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 192 American Crossroads #16: Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 192
by Paul Ortiz

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In this penetrating examination of African American politics and culture, Paul Ortiz throws a powerful light on the struggle of black Floridians to create the first statewide civil rights movement against Jim Crow. Concentrating on the period between the... (read more)

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Nightmare overhanging darkly :essays on African American culture and resistance Nightmare overhanging darkly :essays on African American culture and resistance
by Acklyn Lynch

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Writings of the Black heroes and musicians and the intellectual and physical environment that shaped their lives and those of the Black community.... (read more)

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Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Mem (Penguin Classics) Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Mem (Penguin Classics)
by Sojourner Truth

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A symbol of the strength of African-American women, and a champion of the rights of all women, Sojourner Truth was an illiterate former slave in New York State who transformed herself into a vastly powerful orator. Dictating to a neighbor, she began her... (read more)

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Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture #100: Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture #100: Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays
by Rafia Zafar

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This is a far-ranging study which contextualises both the historical figure of Harriet Jacobs and her autobiography as a created work of art.... (read more)

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Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America
by Truman K Jr Gibson

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Sixty years ago, when Truman Gibson reported for duty at the War Department, Washington, D.C. was a southern city in its unbending segregation as well as in its steamy summers. Gibson had no illusions, but as someone who'd enjoyed the best of the vibrant... (read more)

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Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr
by Ben Green

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Fifty years ago -- before Martin Luther King, Jr., began to preach from his pulpit in Montgomery, Alabama, the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, or Rosa Parks's famous bus ride -- a man named Harry T. Moore toiled in Jim Crow Florida on... (read more)

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A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress
by David Leverin Lewis

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Selected by W.E.B Du Bois and published together for the first time, a collection of 150 rare and beautiful photographs of African Americans out of slavery and beyond, with essays by Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis and the MacAthur fellow... (read more)

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Wings on My Feet: Black Ulysses at the Wars Wings on My Feet: Black Ulysses at the Wars
by Howard W Odum

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The second novel in Howard W. Odums Black Ulysses... (read more)

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The Stones That the Builders Rejected: The Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition The Stones That the Builders Rejected: The Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition
by Walter Earl Fluker

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Six black scholars build on the hypothesis that the black church tradition offers new direction for the development of leaders for today's national and global communities.... (read more)

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Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy
by James S Hirsch

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A bestselling author investigates how the deadliest race riot of the 20th century erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, how it was covered up, and how its victims and their descendants are fighting for belated justice. Two 8-page photo inserts.... (read more)

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Freedom Walk: Mississippi or Bust Freedom Walk: Mississippi or Bust
by Mary Stanton

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History -- Civil Rights--> In 1963, the streams of religious revival, racial strife, and cold-war politics were feeding the swelling river of social unrest in America. Marshaling massive forces, civil rights leaders were primed for a widescale attack on... (read more)

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Black Aesthetic Unbound Theorizing The Black Aesthetic Unbound Theorizing The
by April C E Langley

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During the era of the slave trade, more than 12 million Africans were brought as slaves to the Americas. Their memories, ideas, beliefs, and practices would forever reshape its history and cultures. April C. E. Langley’s The Black Aesthetic Unbound... (read more)

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Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own
by Henry Louis Gates

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Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies... (read more)

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Soul on Ice (92 Edition) Soul on Ice (92 Edition)
by Eldridge Cleaver

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The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are... (read more)

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Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the '92 Los Angeles Rebellion Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the '92 Los Angeles Rebellion
by Haki Madhubuti

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A series of essays discussing the reasons for and the solutions to the rioting that took place in Los Angeles in 1992 and the violence that grew out of it in Atlanta. The contributors are some of the nation's leading Black intellectuals and writers.... (read more)

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