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Captives As Commodities : the Transatlantic Slave Trade (08 Edition) Captives As Commodities : the Transatlantic Slave Trade (08 Edition)
by Lisa A. Lindsay

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For use in one semester/quart courses on The Transatlantic Slave Trade OR as a supplemental text in courses on African history. & nbsp; Part of Prentice Hall& #39; s Connection: Key Themes in World History series. & nbsp; Written based on... (read more)

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I Am a Man! : Race, Manhood, and Civil Rights (05 Edition) I Am a Man! : Race, Manhood, and Civil Rights (05 Edition)
by Steve S. Estes

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The civil rights movement was first and foremost a struggle for racial equality, but questions of gender lay deeply embedded within this struggle. Steve Estes explores key groups, leaders, and events in the movement to understand how activists used race... (read more)

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Bulletproof Diva Bulletproof Diva
by Lisa Jones

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In "Bulletproof Diva, Lisa Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous "Village Voice column, "Skin Trade," to a much larger audience. Chock full of the "fierce black girl humor" that has made her column so popular, this provocative collection of... (read more)

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Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba (03 Edition) Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba (03 Edition)
by Gabino La Rosa Corzo

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-279) and index.... (read more)

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Ordeal of Integration #1: The Ordeal of Integration: Process and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis Ordeal of Integration #1: The Ordeal of Integration: Process and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis
by Orlando Patterson

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For many years Orlando Patterson has been a major contributor to the public discussion of race in America. In this eagerly anticipated new volume, the author of the National Book Award–winner Freedom in the Making of Western Culture presents a... (read more)

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Here's to You Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks Here's to You Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks
by Joe Formichella

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With a novelist's gift for storytelling, Formichella breathes life into a South long gone and creates a hero's story, sometimes heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking, that begins in a sandlot and ends in the Baseball Hall of Fame.... (read more)

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Ties That Bind : African-american Consciousness of Africa (87 Edition) Ties That Bind : African-american Consciousness of Africa (87 Edition)
by Bernard M. Magubane

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An interpretation and analysis of the phenomenon of ambivalence so persistent in the Afro-American consciousness of Africa... (read more)

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Slavery in American Society (3RD 93 Edition) Slavery in American Society (3RD 93 Edition)
by Lawrence Goodheart

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This anthology reflects the sweeping changes of recent years in historians' views of slavery, featuring essays from the growing fields of social history, women's history, and comparative history.... (read more)

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Way of Native American Traditions Way of Native American Traditions
by Arthur Versluis

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Ranging from Eskimos of the far North to the Aztecs and Incas of South America, the author offers a lucid concise introduction to the traditions of the Native American peoples.... (read more)

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The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners
by Debra Dickerson

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Debra Dickerson pulls no punches in this electrifying manifesto. Outspoken journalist and author of the critically acclaimed memoir An American Story, she challenges black Americans to stop obsessing about racism and start focusing on problems they can... (read more)

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Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and Their Legacy Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and Their Legacy
by Kathleen Cleaver

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These articles offer a recounting of the Party's tumultuous history and its reverberations through modern politics, including Chicano movements, international labor movements, and the campaign to free Mumia Abu Jumal. Counterbalancing hypercritical... (read more)

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North Carolina Slave Narratives (05 Edition) North Carolina Slave Narratives (05 Edition)
by William L. Andrews

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The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national--even international--indignation against the evils of slavery. The four texts gathered here are all from North Carolina slaves... (read more)

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Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit : Womanist Wordings on God and Creation (98 Edition) Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit : Womanist Wordings on God and Creation (98 Edition)
by Karen Baker-fletcher

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Karen Baker-Fletcher here seeks to recover and renew that strong historic tie of black peoples to the land, sometimes broken by migration and urbanization. Cultivating the ecological side of black womanism, she combines a keen awareness of environmental... (read more)

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Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (99 Edition) Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (99 Edition)
by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

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Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, whom Henry Louis Gates has dubbed the "invisible man" of the eighteenth century, was born in Africa around 1757 and sold into slavery as a boy. He was brought to England in 1772, just months after the historic Somerset case that... (read more)

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American Slavery, 1619-1877 American Slavery, 1619-1877
by Peter Kolchin

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-315) and index.... (read more)

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Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998 Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998
by James H Cone

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"American religious thought at its best."--Michael Eric Dyson, author of I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.<BR>From the birth of Black Theology to James Cone's seminal work on the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and... (read more)

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American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom (3RD 06 - Old Edition) American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom (3RD 06 - Old Edition)
by Hanes Jr. Walton

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This dynamic and comprehensive text from two nationally renowned scholars continues to demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had -- and continue to have -- on American politics.   Through the use of two interrelated themes&ndash... (read more)

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Slavery and the Making of America Slavery and the Making of America
by James Oliver Horton

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This companion volume to the four-part PBS series on the history of American slavery--narrated by Morgan Freeman and scheduled to air in February 2006--illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through the stories of... (read more)

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Born in Bondage : Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South (00 Edition) Born in Bondage : Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South (00 Edition)
by Marie Jenkins Schwartz

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Each time a child was born in bondage, the system of slavery began anew. Although raised by their parents or by surrogates in the slave community, children were ultimately subject to the rule oftheir owners. Following the life cycle of a child from birth... (read more)

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Early Black Press of America, 1827 To 1860 (93 Edition) Early Black Press of America, 1827 To 1860 (93 Edition)
by Frankie Hutton

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Denied its true place in history, the pre-Civil War black press was a forward looking, socially responsible press. Through her analysis of the content of black newspapers and magazines from the 1830s to the 1860s, Frankie Hutton not only presents a prism... (read more)

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