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African American Studies

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African American Studies
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The Mark of Zion: Congregational Life in Black Churches The Mark of Zion: Congregational Life in Black Churches
by Stephen C Rasor

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The companion book in "The Shape of Zion. Leadership and Life in Black Chamber is the only Gallip-supported national sample of black relignary. Rasor and Dash propose that the black experiences in America offers a significance presence in the religious... (read more)

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Racism 101 Racism 101
by Nikki Giovanni

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In Racism 101, Nikki Giovanni indicts higher education for the inequities it perpetuates, contemplates the legacy of the 1960s, provides a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses (complete with razor-sharp comebacks to the dumb... (read more)

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Talking at Trena's: Everyday Conversations at an African American Tavern Talking at Trena's: Everyday Conversations at an African American Tavern
by Reuben A Buford May

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Following in the tradition of Elijah Anderson's "A Place on the Corner" and Mitchell Duneier's "Slim's Table", "Talking at Trena's" reveals, how these men whose economic and social status is precarious understand the racial dynamics of American society... (read more)

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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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Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
by Velma Maia Thomas

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Richly designed, this historical document is an ingenious, interactive, three-dimensional experience that dramatically addresses the painful history of America and the slave trade. Based on the Black Holocaust Exhibit, "Lest We Forget" is history brought... (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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Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom
by James Davidson

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In this candid assessment of the problems and potentials facing African Americans, psychologist Davidson argues that in order for achieving individuals to advance to the final step of freedom, they must break free from the mental shackles created by the... (read more)

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Emancipation Betrayed : Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida From Reconstruction To the Bloody Election of 1920 (05 Edition) Emancipation Betrayed : Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida From Reconstruction To the Bloody Election of 1920 (05 Edition)
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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Everyday Racism: How Blacks Experience Racism in Today's America Everyday Racism: How Blacks Experience Racism in Today's America
by Annie S Barnes

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In today's media-driven society, not surprisingly, high-profile racist incidents make headlines. But what about the racism that seeps into our everyday lives-the pernicious, destructive acts that break down the social fabric and carve ever deeper... (read more)

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Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril
by Kevin Merida

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Over the last 100 years, perhaps no segment of the American population has been more analyzed than black males. The subject of myriad studies and dozens of government boards and commissions, black men have been variously depicted as the progenitors of... (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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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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